Command and Control (2016)

Directed by

Robert Kenner

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

TP

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about a 1980 explosion at a Titan missile silo in Arkansas. It examines how the accident happened and the dangerous flaws in the military's control of nuclear weapons.

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What happens

Command and Control is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Robert Kenner and based on the 2013 non-fiction book of the same name by Eric Schlosser. It was released initially in the United States at the Tribeca Film Festival and then in the United Kingdom at the Sheffield Doc/Fest on June 11, 2016. It is based on the 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion in Damascus, Arkansas between September 18–19, 1980. The film aired on the PBS network series American Experience on January 10, 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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