The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom is a documentary short film by Lucy Walker from the year 2011., He treated the survivors of the Tohoku earthquake in 2011 and the traditional cherry blossom festival shortly after the disaster.

The premiere of the film took place on 12 September 2011 at the Toronto International Film Festival. At the Sundance Film Festival in 2012 he won three awards: the "Short Filmmaking Award", the " Special Jury Prize" and the " Women in Film National Geographic All Roads Award". After the director Lucy Walker was nominated as early as 2011 with her ​​documentary Wasteland for an Oscar, on January 24 2012, a nomination by The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom for an Oscar in 2012 for Best Short Documentary.

Action

A few weeks after the earthquake and subsequent tsunami, Lucy Walker travels to tell in the north of Japan to the stories of the people in the most affected areas. While cleaning up the damage and the beginning of rebuilding the cherry blossoms start to bloom, an event that is celebrated in Japan and a symbol of hope.

Background

The trip to Japan was originally intended for the promotion of Walker's Countdown to Zero film, which deals with the growing threat of nuclear weapons. The trip was scheduled for March and Walker, who was fascinated by the cherry blossom season, decided to make a short film about it in Japan. During the earthquake, she was planning in the last phase. Walker decided due to the Fukushima nuclear disaster to postpone the release of Countdown To Zero in Japan, wanted a short film but still rotate. To this end, they put together a small crew, which consisted of her, the camera man and a translator.