In the Radiation Zone: Revisiting Minamisoma (part 1 of 3)

Ian and Colin travel back to the city of Minamisoma five months after they filmed a feature documentary there about the children living in the radiation zone 20-30 km from the damaged nuclear power plant in Fukushima.

In Part 1, they greet Hiroshi, one of the participants in the film, visit the elementary school to see if the kids are still wearing masks, and drive by the ocean to see what has become of the area devastated by the tsunami.

(October 8, 2011 NOTE: Due to a technical problem, the sound may not be properly mixed when listening with earphones, although it should be fine when listening with speakers. Apologies for this problem and we hope to fix this for all future videos. Thank you for your understanding.)

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• 南相馬市
• Ionizing radiation

[jezzmoto]

Amazing job thank you. The drive by comparison @ 4:45 is amazing

[DocumentingIan]

@jezzmoto I really appreciate you watching and for your comment. Thank you!

[chevkoch]

Very interesting. Thank you for this.

[DocumentingIan]

@chevkoch Thank you for your encouragement!

[alessandrotesei]

Very good job!!!

[DocumentingIan]

@alessandrotesei Thank you so much for watching!

[vexinghex]

Your concern for Japan is endearing. I'm just curious, how is the televised media in Japan portraying this event? Is the coverage being televised now, about nine months after the disaster, as opposed to three to five months after? As far as I know, there is a lingering sense of distrust amongst Japanese and their opinion of the media. Have your interviewees ever grouped with these people?

Sorry for all the questions. I'm just really interested in what you are doing.

[jezzmoto]

@DocumentingIan After living in Japan for nine years I moved back to New Zealand just two months before this awful crisis and am now here for a month visiting family but I don't feel that comfortable about being back here with the invisible enemy.

[alessandrotesei]

Thank you for your work!is very important that a lot of people spread the truth about nuclear shit!

My documentary will be ready not before two months(i ve to translate a lot of stuff from japanese),but it will be very very unpolite and direct....is time to stop with the "politically correct"...we must scream our feelings because that is really enought!!

[hopfenkaltschale]

i agrre my forerunner.

very good, interesting & revealing work!!

[001just4fun]

excellent work!