Intelligent, often poignant, and valuable for offering an oral history by those who witnessed one of the most traumatic events of the 20th century.
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10/12/07
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:5
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.4/10
Theatrical Release:2007
Synopsis: WHITE LIGHT/BLACK RAIN offers a visceral, topical and moving portrait of the human cost of atomic warfare. © Sundance Film Festival
Director: Steven Okazaki
Reviews for White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of...
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[A] simple, apolitical reminder -- an act of passionate but clearheaded pleading -- that we must never forget the horrors of Japan in the summer of 1945.
08/06/07
No warning can really prepare you for these images of ashen corpses, maimed survivors and apocalyptic destruction, but in an age of renewed nuclear tension, there can be no question as to their relevance.
02/03/07
Top CriticFilm's sobering impact lets the images and witnesses' words speak for themselves.
01/31/07
Top CriticA stirring and heart-wrenching statement of the horrible powers that mankind holds in its fist.
01/31/07
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