Sundance - Update 01-21-07

So we went to our first official “Sundance” film Sunday called “White Light / Black Rain” about the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1945 bombings. It is a sad and forgotten story about real people and the destruction of lives brought on by war. Rather graphic and disturbing. What was apparent to me was the gentle yet passionate commitment of the director and everyone involved in making this film. To say it was a great film that I really enjoyed, well that’s not the way you walk away from a film like this. I did not “enjoy” the film, however I do think it is a film that all people should see. The message is clear, and I think that it is an important message in light of where our world is today. How does the quote go? If we don’t learn the lesson, “history will repeat itself”. The film shows the devastating effects of the two bombs that were dropped, then at the end of the film a message pops up and says that the world currently has enough bombs to equal that of 400,000 Hiroshima’s.