No Nukes (1980)

Directed by

Julian Schlossberg, Danny Goldberg, Anthony Potenza, Haskell Wexler

Genre

documentary film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary captures performances from a series of anti-nuclear benefit concerts in 1979. It shows musicians like Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt organizing the event and speaking out against nuclear power.

liveenergeticearnestupbeatoptimisticrousingconcert-likeactivist

What happens

No Nukes is a 1980 documentary and concert film that contained selections from the September 1979 Madison Square Garden concerts by the Musicians United for Safe Energy collective, with Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, Bonnie Raitt, and John Hall being the key organizers of the event and guiding forces behind the film. Also included were scenes of the organizers getting the event together, expounding upon the dangers of nuclear power, and staging an anti-nuclear rally at Battery Park in New York City. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage (1980)
• In Our Hands (1984)
• Shadows and Light (1980)
• The Day After Trinity (1980)
• Rock Against Bush (2004)
• Blue Suede Shoes (1980)
• The Atomic Cafe (1982)
• The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)