Just after midnight on 10 March 1945, the US launched an air-based attack on eastern Tokyo; continuing until morning, the raid left more than 100,000 people dead and a quarter of the city eradicated. Unlike their loved ones, Hiroshi Hoshino, Michiko Kiyooka and Minoru Tsukiyama managed to emerge from the bombings. Now in their twilight years, they wish for nothing more than recognition and reparations for those who, like them, had been indelibly harmed by the war – but the Japanese government and even their fellow citizens seem disinclined to acknowledge the past.

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Mundane life of person who is constantly observing and in search for peace.

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The little-known story of Ukrainian children torn from their homes in the crush between the Nazi and...

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A documentary exploring what it means to be Japanese.

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A feature-length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.

The documentary of the Nuremberg War Trials of 21 Nazi dignitaries held after World War II.

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A look at legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.

For five years, Stephen McCoy documented street life in Boston. This is what he captured.