Australian filmmaker Paul Johannessen visited the tsunami-affected region of Ishinomaki to see how its residents were coping six months on from Japan’s biggest-ever natural disaster. It’s a beautifully shot and fascinating look at a community struggling with unemployment and an uncertain future. Then and Now from Paul Johannessen on Vimeo.
article-article-bodyAustralian filmmaker Paul Johannessen visited the tsunami-affected region of Ishinomaki to see how its residents were coping six months on from Japan’s biggest-ever natural disaster. It’s a beautifully shot and fascinating look at a community struggling with unemployment and an uncertain future.
Then and Now from Paul Johannessen on Vimeo.
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So is there anything we can do for this town? Could we organise it to be a sister city and somehow get involved with their recovery?
Thanks, Mark, for your constructive, humane idea. But how does one begin. Our political and bureaucratic leaders do not fulfil their assumed roles; they will not even go into debt for the some 100,000 homeless in Victoria, amost 15% of whom are seriously mentally ill. That leaves philanthropists, scarce on the ground for Victorian homeless. For homeless and clearly seriously depressed people overseas…I don’t see any chance of involvement.
Caroline,
This video shows the answer to your question about what should be done: encourage the people themselves to rely on each other! Each person can’t do much, but when all people work together,a lot of things can be achieved!