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A-Bomb: 70 Years Since Hiroshima

August 6, 2015

Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA

Rare 16mm short movies about The Bomb, from Hiroshima through the mid 1970s – the first 30 years of the atomic bomb era. Presented on the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.

A look at the cliches that soothed us, and the horrors they tried to obscure; from Bert the Turtle to real-world victims, and all points in between.

Selections included kitschy Civil Defense propaganda, declassified test footage, secret documentaries, giant monsters, and experimental cinema.

Warning: portions of this program may be disturbing, unintentionally funny, or both at the same time.

Poster for A-Bomb: 70 Years Since Hiroshima (Aug. 2015)