The Vow from Hiroshima: Film, Advocacy, and Nuclear Disarmament

Event Date: 19th April 2022
Location: Internet 9pm - 10pm BST

Monday, April 18 – Friday, April 22, 2022  
 FEATURED | PERRY WORLD HOUSE EVENT The Vow from Hiroshima: Film, Advocacy, and Nuclear Disarmament Tuesday, April 19, 2022, 4:00pm-5:00pm ET | Hybrid Event Setsuko Thurlow was just 13 years old when she survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. A Hibakusha, as survivors are known in Japan, Thurlow is an advocate for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the organization leading the charge to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Now, Thurlow’s life and work are the subject of a critically acclaimed film, The Vow from Hiroshima. This documentary follows Thurlow through her decades of activism up to 2017, when she finally achieves one of her dreams: a treaty to ban nuclear weapons.
 

Join Perry World House and the Center for East Asian Studies to discuss The Vow from Hiroshima with its producer, Mitchie Takeuchi; its director, Susan Strickler; and The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ President and CEO, Rachel Bronson. This conversation will be moderated by Frederick Dickinson, Director of the Center for East Asian Studies and Professor of Japanese History at the University of Pennsylvania.

PLEASE NOTE: Registered attendees will receive the details of how to watch the film in advance in their confirmation email. If you registered before Wednesday, April 13, the details have been emailed to you separately. The link and password to watch the film will remain valid from Wednesday, April 13 until midnight on Wednesday, April 20.