Description:
Even
the worst of events can bring us together and show the best that
being a human can mean. On August 6th, 1945, among the tens of
thousands that lost their lives in the bombing of Hiroshima were
twelve American POWs. Shigeaki Mori witnessed the blast and survived,
but was forever changed. Paper Lanterns tells the story of
Shigeaki Mori and his lifelong calling to tell the story of not only
the many Japanese victims of the bomb, but of Normand Brissette,
Ralph Neal and the ten other US airmen caught in the hell on earth of
that day. Filmmaker Barry Frechette takes us from Lowell,
Massachusetts to Harrodsburg, Kentucky to Hiroshima to tell the story
of Mori and the twelve US airmen, show how the war impacted families
in both countries, and how one man can rise above the hatred of war
and heal the wounds of those terrible days.
Biography: Barry
Frechette: I'm an ad guy and I've grown up in production. TV ads,
videos, websites. All that stuff. But what I really love is helping
people make things. When I came across this story, I knew that this
was something that really needed to be told. That is why I have
jumped in with both feet. The people in the production community and
ad community here in Boston have been so incredible thus far. I am
very lucky to be around these people. I know it sounds lame to say
it, but I am still in this business because of the caliber of the
people it attracts.
