Kazuo Hara2011-2020DocumentaryJapan

Kazuo Hara – Minamata Mandala (2020)

“Minamata disease” is a neurological disease caused by methylmercury poisoning named for its identification in Kumamoto Prefecture, where industrial wastewater from a Chisso Corporation chemical plant contaminated fish and shellfish consumed by communities around Minamata Bay and the Shiranui Sea. Filmed over 15 years, this sprawling documentary lays out this history of pollution dating back to the 1930s and decades long legal battles against the government for diagnosis certification and reparations. However the film gives itself over to the network of survivors, care providers, and supporters keeping the fight alive, following unexpected chutes and ladders from gregarious researchers’ theories pushing back against an intransigent medical establishment, to the passionate song lyrics of a woman suffering since childhood. Here Hara and Kobayashi return to core commitments of disability rights and individuals’ demands of the state, extending Noriaki Tsuchimoto’s landmark series on the Minamata struggle, and issuing a cry against political apathy.

5.34GB | 6h 10m | 1024×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/0CFB5E5448E9A18/Minamata.Mandala.2020.576p.AAC.2.0.x264.mkv
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https://fikper.com/JiEmb68p8U/Minamata.Mandala.2020.576p.AAC.2.0.x264-SaL.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English (Hardcoded)

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