This Oscar-nominated documentary chronicles everyday life in Aiken, S.C. -- ground zero for America's hydrogen bomb-making facility, the Savannah River Plant. Through interviews with residents, politicians, activists and factory workers, the incisive film looks at the consequences of living in the shadow of nuclear weapons and the illegal dumping of radioactive waste. Actress Jane Alexander narrates.
Director: Mark Mori, Susan Robinson
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When Uncle Sam teams up with the giant DuPont chemical company to start building the United States' nuclear arsenal, they need somewhere expansive but remote enough to construct their plant. They alight on a huge tract of land in South Carolina and then promptly dispossess the pe…
