Bibliograph

Heavy water, a film for Chernobyl, The Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation ; directed by David Bickerstaff and Phil Grabsky ; poetry by Mario Petrucci

Type

Label

Heavy water, a film for Chernobyl, The Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation ; directed by David Bickerstaff and Phil Grabsky ; poetry by Mario Petrucci

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Heavy water

Oclc number

225431618

Responsibility statement

The Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation ; directed by David Bickerstaff and Phil Grabsky ; poetry by Mario Petrucci

Runtime

Sub title

a film for Chernobyl

Summary

"On April 26th, 1986, reactor four at Chernobyl nuclear power station explodes, sending an enormous radioactive cloud over Northern Ukraine and neighbouring Belarus. The danger is kept a secret from the rest of the world and the nearby population who go about their business as usual. May Day celebrations begin, children play and the residents of Pripyat marvel at the spectacular fire raging at the reactor. After three days, an area the size of England becomes contaminated with radioactive dust, creating a "zone" of poisoned land. Based on Mario Petrucci's award-winning book-length poem, Heavy water: a film for Chernobyl tells the story of the people who dealt with the disaster at ground-level: the fire-fighters, the soldiers, the "liquidators", and their families"--Container

Technique

live action

Classification