1 option
Atomic homefront / Women Make Movies ; HBO Documentary Films presents in association with JBF Producing Corp. and Documentress Films ; directed and produced by Rebecca Cammisa ; produced by James D. Freydberg ; produced by Larissa Bills.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radioactive pollution--Missouri--Saint Louis.
- Radioactive pollution.
- Radioactive waste disposal--Missouri--Saint Louis.
- Radioactive waste disposal.
- Radioactive pollution--Health aspects--Missouri--Saint Louis.
- Radioactive pollution--Environmental aspects--Missouri--Saint Louis.
- Radioactive waste disposal--Health aspects.
- Radioactive waste disposal--Environmental aspects--Missouri--Saint Louis.
- Environmental protection--Missouri--Saint Louis--Citizen participation.
- Environmental protection.
- Political participation.
- Radioactive waste disposal--Environmental aspects.
- Radioactive pollution--Environmental aspects.
- Radioactive pollution--Health aspects.
- Missouri--Saint Louis.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (1 hr., 36 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : [Distributed by] Women Make Movies, [2021]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- This film shines a light on the lasting toxic effects that nuclear waste can have on communities. The film reveals St. Louis, Missouri's past as a uranium processing center for the atomic bomb, and the governmental and corporate negligence that lead to the illegal dumping of radioactive Manhattan Project waste throughout North County neighborhoods. Focusing on a group of moms-turned-advocates, the film follows the women as they confront the EPA, government agencies that are slow to provide aid, and the corporations behind the illegal dumping of dangerous radioactive waste in their backyards.
- Credits:
- Edited by Madeleine Gavin ; director of photography, Claudia Raschke ; music composed and orchestrated by Robert Miller.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: HBO Documentary Films, ©2017; previously released in 2018.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 19, 2021).
- Publisher Number:
- wm-atofro Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.