MIPCOM Spotlight: NHK Enterprises

NHK Enterprises has a slew of “documentaries that search for truth through meticulous fact-finding and novel perspectives,” says Afumi Watanabe, chief manager of content distribution.

Heirs of the Red Gene: A Century of Chinese Communist Rule sheds light on what is happening with the Communist Party of China by offering in-depth coverage of two disparate branches over a three-month period.

Regeneration: From Bullets to Brotherhood follows Andie Steele-Smith, a pastor working to break the cycle of gang violence in Cape Town. He was able to engineer a truce between gangs to deliver food to people under Covid-19 lockdown and continues to work at rehabilitating members.

Fukushima Monologue tells the story of a man who stayed behind to look after abandoned animals after the 2011 nuclear accident.

Watanabe says, “Even during the pandemic, we have continued to produce many powerful programs.”