Title:
Downwind [digital video].
Publication Date:
2023
2024
Publication Information:
Gravitas Ventures, 2023.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Abstract:
Hiroshima. Nagasaki. Mercury, Nevada?The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992. Three groups in particular continue to be impacted by the detonations at the Nevada Test Site: Native Americans, Mormons and ranchers. DOWNWIND exposes an infamous, harrowing chapter of U.S. history and the ongoing health consequences for downwinder communities, including the marginalized Western Shoshone whose sacred land -- by treaty -- is still restricted with the resumption of nuclear testing "under debate." Executive produced by actor Matthew Modine, DOWNWIND features Oscar-winner Michael Douglas, comedian Lewis Black, and prominent Downwinders, whose heartbreaking stories have inspired remarkable perseverance. Filmed from the red-earth canyons near St. George, Utah to New York City, DOWNWIND captures the astonishing rise of American patriot-activists whose hope is to expose government breach of trust, to stop future nuclear weapons testing, and to mobilize Congress to expand the underfunded Radiation Exposure Compensation Act which will sunset in June 2024.Martin Sheen narrates this harrowing exposé of the United States' disregard for everyone living... downwind.
General Note:
Title from title frames.
Film
Performers:
Lewis Black, Martin Sheen, Michael Douglas, Patrick Wayne
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Genre:
Language:
English
Electronic Access:
A Kanopy streaming video Access immediately on Kanopy