Courtesy of Discovery Channel
Dear AFF 2020 supporters, friends, family and film buffs,
Please join us for a special opportunity World Premier to experience the WW2 documentary, "Apocalypse 45" (2020) which brings to living color the brutal waning days of the US involvement in the Pacific ($12, 103 minutes).
Similar to the 2018 documentary, "They Shall Not Grow Old", the newly colorized footage brings an immediacy and relatedness to the soldiers, kamikazes, war scenes, Japanese civilians, and life in 1945. See the actual flag raising at Iwo Jima, later memorialized by the famous statue in Arlington.
The soldier/cameraman who captured this historic event did not survive the war, as did many who carried a camera instead of a weapon to bring us this story.
You will see the immediate aftermath of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and hear from those who survived it. Directed by Erik Nelson, the film was drawn from 700 reels of archival color footage, never before seen by the public, that have been sitting in a vault in the National Archives and have been digitally restored to 4K.
We hope you can join us! Please click on the link below to get started. You will have 10 days to watch the film before the online link expires. https://watch.eventive.org/apocalpyse45/play/5f2ff25517d136004ef03778
Be among the first to see this one-of-a-kind intimate, historic footage of US troops in the WW2 Pacific theater. A review of "Apolcalypse 45" is below. https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/apocalypse-45-review-1234735570/
Mark your calendars for the Alexandria Film Festival, November 12-15.
