On August 6th 2009, the 64th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in the closing stages of the Second World War, Tomoko Watanabe of ANT-Hiroshima organized a showing of Steven Okazaki’s documentary film, White Light/Black Rain.
![Motoyasu River, Hiroshima](http://antnews.hiroshima-nagasaki.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/P1010997.jpg)
The film was screened in the evening on the Motoyasu River, Hiroshima, in front of the A-Bomb Dome. A screen was set up on top of one of the riverboats.
![The Lantern Ceremony on the Motoyasu River.](http://antnews.hiroshima-nagasaki.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/P1020007.jpg)
As the film was being screened, commemorative lanterns for the repose of the dead floated down the river. People gathered on the river bank in front of the A-Bomb Dome to watch the film.
If you have not had a chance to see White Light/Black Rain, here is some footage from the film, showing hibakusha (A-bomb survivors) giving testimonies. Steven Okazaki also talks about the film.
Click the link to read a review of White Light/Black Rain.