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The Nuclear Family

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My name is Ari Beser, and I’m making a documentary shaped by two families linked through the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. My grandfather, Jacob Beser, flew on both missions.

For the last 15 years I have been meeting eye witnesses and documenting their stories of surviving the atomic bombs. Eventually I met Kosuzu Harada. Her grandfather, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, survived both missions.

After more than twelve years of dialogue and shared work, Kosuzu Harada and I will travel to the United States together for the first time, and retrace the story of the atomic bombs, place by place. This trip is a major moment not just for both of our families, but for the global conversation around nuclear weapons at a time when the threat is rising again. Our role is to stand up together against nuclear weapons by supporting work that brings these stories to the forefront. Through The Nuclear Family, Kosuzu and I speak not only to the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, but also to what can actually be done about them.

Everyone is living under the reality of nuclear weapons. This isn’t something that affects only governments or experts — it affects all of us. Directed by Megumi Nishikura, award winning director of the documentary Hafu: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan and Minidoka, Executive produced by David McKillop Caroline Christopher and Deborah London Harrington. Your support will help us not only in the costs of the trip for Kosuzu and an interpreter, but will allow us to hire a DP for the summer, and support production and post production costs.

Donate: https://www.gofundme.com/f/thenuclearfamilydoc

See the viral video about Ari and Kosuzu with near 3.5 million views.

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