Year: 1991
Runtime: 30 mins
Language: English
Director: George Levinson
Based on Eleanor Coerr’s book, this true story follows Sadako Sasaki, two when the atomic bomb devastated Hiroshima. She later contracts leukemia, like many survivors. To pass the time she folds a thousand origami cranes, believing the legend that a thousand cranes can grant a wish and heal the sick, an act that became a symbol of peace and hope.
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