On September 1, 1923, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Tokyo. Released more than 100 years later, Men with Cameras retraces the trajectory of three men who voluntarily took up their movie cameras and documented the scene of this unprecedented disaster without being told what to do. They risked after-shocks and threats from desperate people to continue filming, and their documentation spread across the country. Director Minoru Inoue rediscovers the archival footage they left behind and utilizes the cameras they used 100 years ago to re-document the Tokyo of today. The film asks some of the most essential questions about documentaries. With the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the presence of images from it, this question again acquires urgency and immediacy. At the end of the film, an old camera captures a ceremony to mourn the Korean victims who died unjustly 100 years ago. The film reminds us of the importance of documenting disasters not as a spectacle, but as a valuable resource for social mourning, truth-telling, and recovery.