Women – for America, for the World (1986)

Original title

Women - For America, For the World

Directed by

Vivienne Verdon-Roe

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

30 min

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary profiles women who work to stop nuclear weapons. They speak about the dangers of the arms race and their reasons for activism.

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What happens

Women – for America, for the World is a 1986 American short documentary film directed by Vivienne Verdon-Roe about women anti-nuclear activists. In 1987, it won an Oscar for Documentary Short Subject at the 59th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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