All of Our Heartbeats are Connected Through Exploding Stars

Jennifer Rainsford (Dir), 77 minutes, Western New York Premiere

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On March 11, 2011, a tsunami devastated the coasts of Japan, claiming thousands of lives. Today, the scars of this tragedy remain visible. Yet in spite of this, people, plants and animals alike continue to exist.

Using the 2011 Tsunami as a point of entry, this essay on grief and how humans and nature rebuild after trauma is a staggering odyssey. It moves from the shores of Japan where Sachiko, Yasu and Satoko try to find ways to accept their loss; via rarely seen places thousands of meters below the sea level where new life-forms thrive; to one of the Hawaiian islands where a group of volunteers gather to clean a beach from Japanese trash floating in from the Ocean. A Taskovski Films release.

In Japanese and English, with English subtitles.