Abstract:

"This 35-minute documentary features actual atomic bomb survivors sharing the traumatic personal decisions they faced the day of the bombing and in the years that followed the blast. After the Cloud Lifted will teach your students how: Keiji Nakazawa's art helped him overcome the horror of watching half his family die in the flames following the blast; Koko Kondo swore revenge against the airmen who dropped the bomb, and later came face-to-face with Captain Robert Lewis co-pilot of the Enola Gay; two disfigured Hiroshima Maidens chose different paths toward healing. After the Cloud Lifted takes viewers beyond the ethics of the decision to drop the bomb, to the moral choices people face in the midst of tragedy--choices that make or break human spirit. See for yourself why this award-winning, critically acclaimed production is capturing the hearts and minds of students everywhere."