Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
A Half Hour Video
Sadako Sasaki, a young Japanese girl, on the threshold of adolescence,
developed leukemia in 1955, from the effects of radiation caused by the
bombing of Hiroshima. While hospitalized, her closest friend reminded
her of the Japanese legend that if she folded a thousand paper cranes,
the gods might grant her wish to be well again. With hope and determination,
Sadako began folding.
Liv Ullmann vividly tells this poignant story with original music performed
by George Winston. The action is presented as the camera moves through
hundreds of exquisite pastel drawings by Caldecott Award-winning artist,
Ed Young.
|