On Paper Wings ~ documentary screening
Tuesday, September 23, 7:00 pmSALEM PUBLIC LIBRARY LOUCKS AUDITORIUM
FREE: Sponsored by the Salem Public Library Foundation.
On Paper Wings is the story of four Japanese women who worked on World War II balloon bombs, the civilians affected on the Oregon coast, and the project to fold a thousand paper cranes as an act of reconciliation between the women who made the balloon bomb paper and the loved ones of the family killed that day.
Ilana Sol is a filmmaker and archival researcher living in Portland, Oregon. When her hobby of historical research led her to find out about the Japanese balloon bombs, she soon found herself spending hundreds of hours researching these bizarre weapons, and traveling thousands of miles to meet with those affected by them.
The group of Japanese women visit Bly, Oregon in 1996.
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