The Physical Poets: Memory To Drift

By Chris Fiore

They went fishing and were hit by a hydrogen bomb. In 1954, 23 Japanese fishermen were caught unaware and irradiated by America's Castle Bravo Hydrogen Bomb test. In 2019 dancers, musicians, artists, and writers converged in Tokyo at the Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibiton Hall, final home of the once irradiated fishing boat, Lucky Dragon 5, to commemorate its ill fated crew. Presented is the full performance of Memory To Drift, performed by The Physical Poets and choreographed by Mushimaru Fujieda, one of Japan's foremost Butoh dancers.

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About the Artist

Chris Fiore

Chris Fiore is best known as director of the ground breaking Hip Hop documentary, Backstage, a chronicle of Jay Z’s historic Hard Knock Life Tour starring Jay Z, Damon Dash, DMX, Redman, Method Man, and Eve. A Dimension Films release, Backstage had a profitable theatrical run and was a late night staple on Showtime. Fiore’s other feature length documentaries include The Red Umbrella Diaries, featured in 12 film festivals, Mockstar and Trip And Go Naked, which won the Excellence In Sexual Theater Award at the 2011 Arlene’s Grocery Picture Show. Fiore’s recent documentary, Goodwoman, won the 2016 LA Film Invasion Grand Jury Prize.