War and the Power To Live Program supported by International Committee of the Red Cross
Thinking about those at the forefront on various “struggles”, now is the time to support the “Power to Live”
At any given moment there are people on this earth suffering as victims of fighting, terrorism or urban violence. Globalism is advancing on all fronts and our world is becoming borderless,
so that it is no long just about “others” anymore, even for us Japanese. Get to know the lives and circumstances of various people as they are depicted in these films and,starting with those around you,
why not lend your strength and support a universal “Power to Live”?
In 1969, 14-year-old Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon’s Toronto hotel room and convinced him to do interview for his school paper. Using the original recording, Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon’s every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation.
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A woman wonders around her apartment building, avoiding the Army officers who have obviously come there to bring her bad news.
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What does war mean to the homeless youth? Life-long immigrants from Afghanistan, Ali and his younger brother, spend their days working hard as shoe shiners when outside of school, with one dream in mind…
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When US and Iranian officials meet for diplomatic talks, their interpreters try to keep negotiations going but soon find themselves making policy changes beyond their authority. As tempers flare and misunderstandings grow, the interpreters struggle to keep their good intentions from having catastrophic consequences.
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France, 1919. Paul, sculptor, goes from village to village to erect memorials that bloom all over the country. But when he arrived in the small town of Sancerre, the trauma of war emerge: after so many memorials, would this monument finally bring him back to life?
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