Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima (1986)

Japanese husband and wife muralists Iri and Toshi Maruki are known for their depictions of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Their collaborative relationship is unique: one paints a painfully detailed vision of the victims of the atomic blast; the other conceals the carefully delineated brush strokes with a grey-black ink “wash.” The first artist restates the specifics of the image; the second re-conceals. Through the repetition of this process, the work emerges.

• Release Date: 1986-10-10
• Runtime: 0h 58min
• Directors: John Junkerman, Michael Camerini, James MacDonald.