A Village Called Versailles Vs Nuclear Nation Essay

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A Village Called Versailles and Nuclear Nation Part I are two documentary films about natural disasters which caused destruction to both cities of origin. Both films are similar regarding their focus on the citizens of Japan and New Orleans, and how they were forced to leave their homes behind and lose their livelihood. A Village Called Versailles depicts a strong-willed struggle over land rights between the Vietnamese-American community and the government, as well as other non-Vietnamese citizens. Additionally, both the youth and elders in the community band together to help save their land. On the other hand, Nuclear Nation takes an emotional stance on the Fukushima tragedy by focusing on the mental and physical distress of the refugees of …show more content…

The film becomes immediately personable when it fixates on over 1000 Futaba residents living inside an abandoned high school, due to high radiation levels and nuclear fallout that destroyed their homes. The sincere emotions drawn from the disaster residents are prevalent when a young man, Yuuichi Nakai and his father, Ichiro, describe the death of a loved one. Both men are very emotional when recalling memories of their deceased mother and wife. Nakai describes the day of the disaster and how the town was ordered to evacuate due to the venting of the reactor buildings. If they were not ordered to leave, he could have helped save his mother if she were still alive. Nakai explains that “…nuclear power plants are just wrong… If there was no power plant, [he] could’ve searched right away…and she might’ve made it.” (citation). This mournful encounter is assumed to be just one of the thousands of losses that the refugees of Futaba experienced

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