CHAPTERS 1-7
We traveled up the coast from Tokyo, past the Fukushima power plant, to a devastated surf town and fishing village where we gave waterproof cameras to locals rebuilding their community.
The future for cause-based documentaries will likely be serialized and crowd-funded – this was our proof of concept. Chapter One was fully backed within 48 hours and went live, online, on the one-year anniversary of the 3/11 earthquake.
Activists, artists, officials, and scientists also weigh in on the disaster.
5 min.
Documentary. Chapter 1: an American woman living in Japan takes us on a journey to a small town called Motoyoshi, a secluded surf spot ravaged by forces of nature.
6 min.
In Chapter 2, we meet the residents of Motoyoshi: a seasoned fisherman finding new livelihood in the wake of the tsunami and a veteran surfer who owes his life to the spirit of his deceased uncle.
6 min.
Chapter 3 introduces an optimistic band of local and international volunteers who set out to rebuild their community for themselves.
10 min.
The people of Motoyoshi reveal their secret fears about radiation in Chapter 4, and global experts (who do not always agree with one another) explain the effects of radiation on human health.
7 min.
Chapter 5. A government official admits Japan could use help studying radiation, but when Tokyo hackers take disaster monitoring into their own hands, do they play into the general public’s confusion?
3 min.
In Chapter 6, renegade Tokyo artists travel all the way to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to make a powerful statement.
8 min.
The seventh and final chapter of We Are All Radioactive looks back on the unprecedented disasters that ravaged Japan in 2011: earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown. But with the spectre of insecurity still lingering, some locals must make heartrending decisions about whether or not to leave their community behind.
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