Fukushima – The Home That Once Was

At 2:46 PM the lives of Hidenori, Mao, Kinue and thousands of others changed, irreversibly.The Fukushima Daiichi accident on the 11th of March 2011 is the worst nuclear power plant accident after Chernobyl.Fukushima -The Home That Once Was is a free-movement virtual reality documentary.The viewer can move freely inside the realistically captured 3D-houses and down the town streets inside the Fukushima Daiichi's off-limits Exclusion Zone using their VR-headset.The viewer will meet six former residents, who share their memories about losing their home, about the importance of community and of their special connection to the land.In the film there is around 1,5 hours of content, but the viewer can stay in the experience only up to 20 minutes.Thus each viewing will be different and each viewer will see a different version of the film.