Minamata: The Victims and Their World
Minamata: The Victims and Their World
Minamata: The Victims and Their World
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Considered to be a documentary classic
this film documents Japan's most devastating environmental pollution case
the Minamata Disease in the 1970s. The films follows the lives of 29 households who suffered from mercury poisoning
as well as the growing movement to support their cause which the Japanese government is involved. A condensed 120-minute version was made later.