Bikini Kansho: A Documentary Lisa Konczal Konczal Page 1 Filmmaker's Synopsis: The first hydrogen bomb test in the Bikini Atoll in 1954 proved to be 1000 times more powerful than the bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. "Bikini Kansho," Japanese for bikini atoll, is a film about the displaced people of the Bikini Atoll, the Daigo Fukuryu Maru (a Japanese ship fishing near the Bikini Atoll at the time of the blast) and the ensuing anti-nuclear war movement. It is a glimpse at the effects on people's health worldwide from nuclear testing both past and present. "Bikini Kansho" is a documentary about destruction, resiliency and connecting with one another. Bikini Kansho (video in avi format, 154 MB) Bikini Kansho (video in Quicktime format, 154 MB) The Bikini Kansho Website Lisa Konczal grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and studied film at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. She now resides in San Francisco and can also be seen as the "Noble Virgin" in Vampire Secrets, a documentary that airs periodically on the History Channel.