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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Content:	Documentary Film
Available From:	Center for Asian American Media, The (CAAM) Video Project, The Informed Democracy
Media Type:	Videocassette
Release Date:	1990
Audience:	Elementary Education Higher Education Secondary Education
Running Time:	30 min.
Physical Description:	1 videocassette (30 min.): animated, 1/2" + 1 guide
Language:	English
Author:	Informed Democracy (Firm) ; Better World Society.
Resource Library Number:	EAJV 083
Subject:	Anthropology and Sociology Arts History Politics and Government
Subheading:	Atomic Bomb Children and Youth Folk Arts History, 1900-1950 History, 1951-1980 Human Rights Military or Armed Conflict WWII
Region:	East Asia East/West Relations
Country:	Japan

Animated version of the story by Eleanor Coerr, in which twelve year Sadako, survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, becomes ill with leukemia and attempts to fold 1,000 paper cranes so that she might be granted her wish to be well again. || Awards: Blue Ribbon, American Film & Video Festival; Gold Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival; Gold Award, Parent's Choice Magazine; CINE Gold Eagle Editor's Choice, Booklist

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