Our Story
“3 Years Past” is a documentary film about ordinary high school students living though the extraordinary events in Fukushima. It captures the experience of each student, what was life like in before March 2011. What has their life been like since, and how do they view their future. This film also provides a historical perspective of Japan, Fukushima, and atomic bomb from a new perspective. We hope that by introducing the people of Fukushima to an audience beyond Japan that the magnitude of the events of March 2011 can be better appreciated by the world at large. His or her experiences may first appear extraordinary but it could happen to anyone. We all could face unanticipated change in our lives.
About Director
Kaz Senju, is a Japanese born artist who resides in New York. He has been traveling to Japan since the 2011 quake, visiting the temporary housing facilities, and capturing the people and their lives in Fukushima. Mr. Senju also volunteered in documenting the “KIZUNA” project, a Japanese government sponsored, high school student, exchange program between disaster affected areas in Japan and hosting US cities. Through this student exchange program, Kaz met 27 high school students from Fukushima, and came to realize that the story of Fukushima goes beyond the headlines, politics, and numbers.
