Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima

Haunted by memories of Hiroshima after the atomic blast, Iri and Toshi Maruki began a series of monumental paintings depicting what they had seen. These fifteen works, now known collectively as the Hiroshima Murals, have been viewed by more than ten million people around the world. With engaging interviews and extended sequences of the Marukis painting, HELLFIRE traces the development of these artists' profound vision. "We paint dreadful scenes, cruel scenes, but I want to paint them with kindness," says Toshi Maruki. Their message is one of hope in the nuclear age, and a reminder of the power of art to render visible and meaningful what still seems unimaginable.