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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special screening of White Light / Black Rain, the Primetime 
 Emmy Award-winning film by filmmaker Steven Okazaki, who will introduce the 
 film. \n\nPresented by the Nichi Bei Foundation and Friends of 
 Hibakusha.\n\nWHEN: Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026 at 1 p.m.\n\nWHERE: Konko Church 
 of San Francisco, 1909 Bush St. in SF Japantown\n\nAcademy Award-winning 
 filmmaker Steven Okazaki’s WHITE LIGHT / BLACK RAIN (2007, 86 min.) 
 provides a powerful examination of the atomic bombings and their aftermath 
 through a succession of vivid personal accounts from fourteen Hiroshima and 
 Nagasaki survivors (known as hibakusha), many of whom had never spoken 
 publicly before; as well as four Americans, including one of the pilots and 
 one of the crewmen who released the bombs, and two scientists on the 
 observer planes that accompanied the B-52s that dropped the bombs. \n\nThe 
 film reveals, in riveting detail, the moment before the detonation, the 
 flash, then the horror and chaos that followed as hundreds of thousands 
 (85% of the bombs’ victims were civilians) were vaporized, burned, 
 crushed, drown and radiated. \n\nThe hibakusha describe their lives in the 
 months and years after, as they continued to suffer from burns, unexplained 
 radiation-related illnesses, starvation, poverty, prejudice, government 
 negligence, then cancers.\n\nPRIMETIME EMMY: Exceptional Merit in 
 Non-Fiction Filmmaking\n\nProduced for HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS\n\nExecutive 
 Producer: Sheila Nevins\n\nProduced, Directed & Edited by STEVEN 
 OKAZAKI\n\nThis event is free to attend. Registration closes at 12:00 p.m. 
 on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. Walk-up admission is subject to availability.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/08/05/18887821.php
SUMMARY:"White Light, Black Rain": Hiroshima & Nagasaki Atomic Bombing w/ Filmmaker Steven Okazaki
LOCATION:Konko Church of San Francisco\n1909 Bush St. in SF Japantown\n\nRSVP: 
 https://nichibeifoundation.org/educational-programs/atomic-bomb-commemoration/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/08/05/18887821.php
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