In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us? (1983)
- Directed by
- Eric Thiermann
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film interviews young people about their fears of nuclear war. It also includes a firsthand account of the Hiroshima bombing and speeches by psychiatrists.
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What happens
In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us? is a 1983 American short documentary film directed by Eric Thiermann. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The film includes interviews with youths discussing the nuclear threat, a first-hand account of the atomic destruction of Hiroshima, and excerpts of speeches by psychiatrists John E. Mack and Robert Jay Lifton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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