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A male security guard holds up a traffic barrier pole next to a construction site. In the background are tall buildings.

I Was There, Part II [short film]

  Chi Jang Yin

  United States, Japan     10 minutes

Synopsis

Newly discovered archival footage shot in Hiroshima after the nuclear bomb is mixed with images of the city in the present moment. This work is a haunting meditation on war and memory.

This film screens as part of the Experimental Shorts: The Act of Seeing program.

  

 English with subtitles

Film Credits

  •   Chi Jang Yin
  •   Chi Jang Yin
  •   Chi Jang Yin
  •   Chi Jang Yin
  •   Chi Jang Yin
  •   Kevin Cagnolatti
  •   Chi Jang Yin
  •   Heavy Water

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