Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima

Audience Score
55
NR 58 minDocumentary
Japanese husband and wife muralists Iri and Toshi Maruki are known for their depictions of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Their collaborative relationship is unique: one paints a painfully detailed vision of the victims of the atomic blast; the other conceals the carefully delineated brush strokes with a grey-black ink “wash.” The first artist restates the specifics of the image; the second re-conceals. Through the repetition of this process, the work emerges.
DirectorsJohn JunkermanMichael CameriniJames MacDonald

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:John W. Dower