Heavy Water : a Film for Chernobyl
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Poetry read by David Bickerstaff, Francine Brody, Juliet Stevenson, David Threlfall and Samuel West.
On April 26th, 1986, reactor four at Chernobyl nuclear power station explodes, sending an enormous radioactive cloud over Northern Ukraine and neighbouring Belarus. The danger is kept a secret from the rest of the world and the nearby population who go about their business as usual. May Day celebrations begin, children play and the residents of Pripyat marvel at the spectacular fire raging at the reactor. After three days, an area the size of England becomes contaminated with radioactive dust, creating a "zone" of poisoned land. Based on Mario Petrucci's award-winning book-length poem, Heavy water: a film for Chernobyl tells the story of the people who dealt with the disaster at ground-level: the fire-fighters, the soldiers, the "liquidators", and their families.
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Contents: Heavy water.
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PUBLISHED
[Brighton, England] : Seventh Art Productions, [2006?]
Year Published: 2006
Description: 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Bickerstaff, David.
Grabsky, Phil.
Brody, Francine.
Stevenson, Juliet.
Threlfall, David.
West, Samuel, 1966-
Petrucci, Mario.
Seventh Art Productions.
Channel Four (Great Britain)
SUBJECTS
Nuclear power plants -- Environmental aspects.
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986.
Documentary films.