Sennan Asbestos Disaster

Made over the course of ten years, this epic work of activist cinema joins the citizens of Sennan, Osaka, as they embark on an uphill legal battle to receive reparations from the government for exposing them to the deadly toxins of the city’s asbestos factories. Through wrenching interviews with the victims, Sennan Asbestos Disaster paints a damning portrait of how decades of negligence exacted a devastating toll while revealing how the tragedy is deeply entwined with issues of class and anti-Korean discrimination. This galvanizing look at the power of collective action depicts what happens when ordinary people go up against an unfeeling, maddeningly slow bureaucracy in their unceasing fight for justice.