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Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Lucy Walker’s “Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom,” goes to the epicenter of the natural disaster that struck Japan in 2011. The Academy-award nominated documentary filmmaker shoots during Cherry Blossom season, a powerful cultural image in Japan that speaks to rebirth and renewal.
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Tumbled house in Japan following the tsunami
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After surveying what’s left of her house, a tsunami survivor vows to return.
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Cherry blossoms frame the wreckage in Japan
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Cherry blossoms, a cultural icon in Japan, are a symbol of rebirth.