Friends of Minamata Victims - Video Diary
197220m
Documentary
- Runtime
- 20m
- Genre
- Documentary
About
Created for the first Japanese exhibition dedicated to video art, Video Communication: Do-It-Yourself-Kit, this work documents protests outside the Chisso Corporation headquarters in central Tokyo. Hazardous byproducts from the company’s chemical plants had caused severe mercury poisoning—and, consequently, a neurological disease—in Minamata’s livestock and inhabitants. Nakaya filmed the sit-in with a handheld video camera and installed a battery-powered television monitor on-site, allowing the demonstrators to watch themselves by playing back the recordings of their actions.
Where to watch
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Details
- Director
- Fujiko Nakaya
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Jan 1, 1972
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