Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott (1981)

Directed by

Mary Benjamin

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary profiles Dr. Helen Caldicott, an activist working against nuclear weapons in the early 1980s. She explains the dangers of nuclear proliferation and calls for disarmament. The film follows her speaking engagements and interviews.

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What happens

Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott is a 1981 American documentary film about anti-nuclear weapons activist Helen Caldicott, directed by Mary Benjamin and Boyd Estus. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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