{"id":466,"date":"2020-02-24T17:47:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T08:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/?p=466"},"modified":"2020-02-28T10:55:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T01:55:32","slug":"minamata-film-premieres-in-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/2020\/02\/minamata-film-premieres-in-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Minamata Film Premieres in Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Minamata, a film drama based on the book by W. Eugene and Green Action director Aileen M. Smith, premiered on February 21st at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berlinale.de\/en\/\">Berlin International Film Festival<\/a>. Directed by Andrew Levitas, the film stars Johnny Depp as photographer Eugene Smith, who travels with Aileen to Japan to document the effects of mercury poisoning on the residents of a coastal community. Actors Bill Nighy, Hiroyuki Sanada and Minami play supporting roles as <em>Life<\/em> editor Robert Hayes, activist Mitsuo Yamazaki and Aileen Mioko Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a press conference for the film, Depp, who spearheaded the film\u2019s production, said he felt that Minamata was \u201ca story that needed to be told.\u201d He spoke of his belief in the \u201cpower of the small\u201d to confront and topple  \u201cmonolithic opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/210220_sw_0231_RWD_1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"482\" data-link=\"http:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/210220_sw_0231_rwd_1920\/\" class=\"wp-image-482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/210220_sw_0231_RWD_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/210220_sw_0231_RWD_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/210220_sw_0231_RWD_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/210220_sw_0231_RWD_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Aileen Mioko Smith, Katherine Jenkins, Akiko Iwase, Minami (photo courtesy Berlinale 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"http:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/210220_ew_0142_RWD_1920-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"481\" data-link=\"http:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/210220_ew_0142_rwd_1920\/\" class=\"wp-image-481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/210220_ew_0142_RWD_1920-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/210220_ew_0142_RWD_1920-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/210220_ew_0142_RWD_1920-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/210220_ew_0142_RWD_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The film team (photo courtesy Berlinale 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/minamata_film_larry-horricks-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"468\" data-link=\"http:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/2020\/02\/minamata-film-premieres-in-berlin\/minamata_film_larry-horricks\/\" class=\"wp-image-468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/minamata_film_larry-horricks-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/minamata_film_larry-horricks-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/minamata_film_larry-horricks-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/minamata_film_larry-horricks-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/minamata_film_larry-horricks.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Minami and Johnny Depp as Aileen Mioko Smith and W. Eugene Smith in Minamata<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At the premiere, Green Action and environmental organization IPEN distributed flyers to raise awareness of ongoing mercury pollution from fossil fuels, gold mining and industrial contamination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Minamata film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2020\/feb\/21\/minamata-review-heartfelt-look-at-disaster-that-struck-japanese-town\">review<\/a> in The Guardian<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/minamata-movie-flyer_vC1_4.pdf\">No More Minamatas<\/a> flyer (PDF)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/aileenarchive.or.jp\/aileenarchive_en\/aboutus\/my_life_with_w-eugene-smith_reminiscences.html\">My Life with W. Eugene Smith \u2014 Reminiscences<\/a> by Aileen Mioko Smith<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minamata, a film drama based on the book by W. Eugene and Green Action director Aileen M. Smith, premiered on February 21st at the Berlin International Film Festival. Directed by Andrew Levitas, the film stars Johnny Depp as photographer Eugene Smith, who travels with Aileen to Japan to document the effects of mercury poisoning on the residents of a coastal community. Actors Bill Nighy, Hiroyuki Sanada and Minami play supporting roles as Life editor Robert Hayes, activist Mitsuo Yamazaki and Aileen Mioko Smith. At a press conference for the film, Depp, who spearheaded the film\u2019s production, said he felt that Minamata was \u201ca story that needed to be told.\u201d He&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-impact"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/210220_aj_01571_RWD_1920.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9b8FX-7w","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":485,"href":"https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions\/485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenaction-japan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}