Zan

Award Winner

Nominated for:Best SDG Production

Film Info

Film Year: 2017

Film Duration: 73 min

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Director

Rick Grehan

Film Category
Synopsis

Zan is a documentary about the last of the Okinawan Dugong and the people who strive to protect them, located in the outstandingly beautiful and bio-diverse Henoko and Oura bay. The Dugong is facing its last stand and its feeding grounds are threatened by the construction of new US base. This film follows imageMILL’s Yu Kisami as he brings us on a journey of discovery, aided by the Nature Conservation Society of Japan. We meet the people who are working tirelessly to protect this beautiful part of the world, a natural heritage for Japan.