Dara Joan Dela Cruz
Accounting & Finance AssistantDara Joan Dela Cruz formerly worked in the KPBS newsroom as an assistant and call screener for Friday's Midday Edition. Dara attends San Diego State University where she plans to graduate with a business degree in accounting. She is a current member of the University Honors Program, which has encouraged her to also pursue a minor in interdisciplinary studies. After graduation, she later hopes to obtain an MBA, become a certified public accountant, and eventually manage her own firm. Before coming to San Diego, Dara lived in the Silicon Valley, where she grew up and graduated from Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California. In her spare time, Dara likes to explore the city, watch films, and play the flute, as she is also a member of the university's wind symphony.
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Premieres Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Saturday, Aug. 9 at 9 a.m. and Sunday, Aug. 10 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2. Combining their personal accounts with archive footage, the film features a number of voices from some of the only people left on Earth to have survived a nuclear bomb. -
After many years of being abandoned by their government, the survivors of the atomic bombings in Japan (Hibakusha) come together to campaign for compensation, medical assistance, and nuclear disarmament. They continue to fight for full compensation from their government and the abolition of nuclear weapons.
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After surviving the horrors of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many survivors (Hibakusha) faced hardship and challenges later in their personal lives.
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In a remarkable story, a survivor (Hibakusha) of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima survived the blast after only being 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) from the epicenter of the bomb. The Hibakusha man retells how his older brother bandaged him up and carried him to safety as a kid.
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