2023 March 18 (Sat) 2:05 pm - 3:15 pm | Boston Sheraton Hotel, 39 Dalton Street, Boston

Film Screening: "Nuchi Nu Miji – Okinawa's Water of Life"

Speaker: JON MITCHELL, Film Director

Speaker: NATSUKO SHIMABUKURO, Film Director

Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference Film Expo
screening followed by in-person Q&A session with the Directors

Saturday, March 18
2:05 - 3:15 pm
Boston Sheraton Hotel, Hampton (3F), 39 Dalton Street, Boston

"Nuchi Nu Miji – Okinawa's Water of Life"

Directed by Jon Mitchell and Natsuko Shimabukuro
Japanese with English subtitles
(Japan 2022) 72 min.

This documentary portrays Okinawans’ struggle for justice in one of the worst environmental catastrophes in modern Japanese history. Since 2016, the drinking water for 450,000 residents, roughly one third of the population, has been contaminated with military PFAS “Forever Chemicals” - but the Japanese and US governments have refused to resolve the problem. Featuring interviews, archive footage and documents obtained via the US Freedom of Information Act, Nuchi nu Miji uncovers the truth about what has been happening on Okinawa and reveals why so many residents feel abandoned by both Tokyo and Washington.