Building Bombs
{{short description|1989 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Building Bombs
| image = Building Bombs poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Mark Mori
Susan J. Robinson
| producer = Mark Mori
Susan J. Robinson[https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1991 1991|Oscars.org]
| writer =
| narrator = Jane Alexander
| starring =
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| released = {{film date|1989|09|09|Atlanta Film and Video Festival}}
| runtime = 54 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Building Bombs is a 1989 American documentary film produced and directed by Mark Mori and Susan J. Robinson.
Summary
Building Bombs revisits the "glory days" of the atomic age, its legacy of nuclear weapons waste, and its troubling questions still unanswered. Insider stories and rare archival footage reveal the inner workings of one of the world’s largest nuclear bomb plants and its toll on the environment and human hearts. The film focused on environmental contamination and radiation safety issues at the Savannah River Site, located near Aiken, South Carolina in the United States.
Of historical interest, the film sparked a movement by ordinary people and rock stars, and contributed to a change in U.S. national policy regarding which federal government department exercised oversight of workers' and surrounding communities' health through health studies.
PBS
In 1993, Building Bombs: The Legacy was released on PBS' POV. This edited version was 10 minutes shorter than the original film. Segments removed covered reasons for the nuclear buildup that were a subtext in the original release.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-10-ca-22486-story.html |title= PBS Finally to Air 'Building Bombs' : Television: Controversial show about the fallout from building hydrogen bombs has been delayed for years--and edited-- but basic points remain, producer says. |first=JUDITH |last=Michaelson |date=August 10, 1993}}
Accolades
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/7472/Building-Bombs/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014203422/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/7472/Building-Bombs/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 14, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |title=NY Times: Building Bombs |access-date=November 19, 2008}} The film was restored by the Academy Film Archive in 2024.{{Cite web |title=Rio 2024 Award Winners {{!}} International Uranium Film Festival |url=https://uraniumfilmfestival.org/en/rio-2024-award-winners |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=uraniumfilmfestival.org}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0099185|title=Building Bombs}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190913183311/http://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/buildingbombs/ Building Bombs] at POV
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Category:1989 documentary films
Category:American documentary films
Category:Documentary films about nuclear war and weapons