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Jun 6, 2021 · Minamata is a 2021 drama film directed by Andrew Levitas and produced by Johnny Depp, who also stars in the movie. Minamata is a biopic of photo journalist, Eugene Smith, played by Johnny Depp, who covered the Minamata disease in Japan.
Minamata. Revered photojournalist W. Eugene Smith (Johnny Depp) is coaxed out of retirement by a commission from Life magazine editor Robert Hayes (Bill Nighy). He is sent to Minamata, a Japanese city ravaged by mercury poisoning, the result of decades of gross corporate negligence. There, Smith documents the people living with Minamata Disease ...
Minamata (2020) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. ... Oscars Cannes Film Festival Asian Pacific American Heritage Month ...
There, Smith immerses himself in the community, documenting their efforts to live with Minamata Disease and their passionate campaign to achieve recognition from Chisso and the Japanese government. Armed with only his trusted camera, Smith's images from the toxic village give the disaster a heartbreaking human dimension, and his initial assignment turns into a life-changing experience.
Aug 13, 2021 · The actor and painter explains why the world needs to see Minamata, the new film about the mercury poisoning scandal that W Eugene Smith helped expose Fri 13 Aug 2021 08.49 EDT Last modified on ...
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Feb 21, 2020 · ‘Minamata’: Film Review A nearly unrecognizable Johnny Depp plays Life photographer W. Eugene Smith in this earnest look at his mission to document a pollution-ravaged Japanese community.
Feb 11, 2022 · Celebrated war photographer W. Eugene Smith (Johnny Depp) goes against a powerful corporation responsible for poisoning the people of Minamata, Japan in 1971. With the glory days of World War II far behind him, Smith has become a recluse. Between an impassioned Japanese translator called Aileen (Minami) urging him to go and a much needed commission from "Life" Magazine editor Ralph Graves (Bill Nighy), Smith is finally convinced to journey back to Japan to expose the devastating annihilation ...
