Documentary on HBO : White Light Black Rain:The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

White Light Black Rain:The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, is an in-depth, unforgettable look at the reality of nuclear warfare with first-hand accounts from those who survived.

As global tensions rise, the unthinkable once more becomes possible. The threat of “weapons of mass destruction” has again become frighteningly real.

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On August 6th and 9th, 1945, two atomic bombs vaporized 210,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Currently, the world has an arsenal large enough to repeat the destruction at Hiroshima 400,000 times over.

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki revisits this event and its aftermath. Okazaki provides an unflinching look at the reality of nuclear warfare through first-hand accounts as told by 14 atomic-bomb survivors – many who have never spoken publicly before – and four Americans intimately involved in the siege.

White Light, Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki provides a detailed exploration of these two bombings and their aftermath.

Check out the promo for the film here…

Be sure to check out this heartbreaking documentary on one of the most life shattering days in history and also one of the most forgotten days when the film premieres August 6th at 8:30 p.m. on HBO.