1 videodisc (DVD) (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Summary
Between 1946-58 the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission exploded at least 66 nuclear devices in the Marshall Islands contaminating them for centuries to come. This film is about the devastating effects of radiation on the islanders. It gains much of its strength from the fact that the filmmaker did not set out with preconceptions and a commitment to make a post-nuclear expose but to depict 'in a compassionate way these people living in a post-nuclear age'. In the course of his investigations he found that the official view of the tests was unsustainable
Credits
Credits: Producer, director, writer, photography, Dennis O'Rourke ;editor, Tim Litchfield
Notes
DVD. No region specified
Primarily in English; includes interviews conducted in Marshallese, with English subtitles
