IMPORTANT
On-Demand Virtual Film Screening "The Vow from Hiroshima"
A Hiroshima survivor's quest to abolish nuclear weapons
The Vow from Hiroshima
THE VOW FROM HIROSHIMA is an intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow, a passionate, 85-year-old survivor of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Her moving story is told through the lens of her growing friendship with a second generation survivor, Mitchie Takeuchi.
Setsuko was miraculously pulled out of a fiery building after the bomb was dropped and unable to save her other 27 classmates who were burned to death alive. That experience shaped her life forever and she endeavored to keep a pledge she made to her friends - that no one should ever again experience the same horrible fate.
The film is a timely exploration of the global dangers of nuclear weapons and provides an insider's perspective as we see Setsuko campaign with ICAN (the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons). The culmination of Setsuko's decades of activism is her acceptance speech at the 2017 Nobel Peace Awards.
The film was updated in 2021 to include an epilogue about the ratification and enactment of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which entered into force on January 22, 2021.
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To view the film, click the 'Join Meeting' link here on myUMBC. Screening password: V0WUM5
The film can be screened any time from Sept 14 to Sept 21. Please contact us by email (asianstudies@umbc.edu) if you have any issues accessing the film.
We encourage those who view the film to also attend the virtual lecture on September 21, the International Day of Peace, at 7:30pm to discuss the film and the ongoing efforts towards global peace and disarmament.