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Directed by | Heidi Hutner |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Production locations | Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, US |
Cinematography | Martijn Hart |
Editor | Simeon Hutner |
Running time | 76 minutes |
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Release | 2023 |
Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island is 2023 Documentary film about the 1979 Three Mile Island accident and its aftermath. [1] The film is based on the stories of four women who take their community's case against the plant operator to the Supreme Court. [2] [3] The documentary is directed and co-written by Heidi Hutner and features a cast including Jane Fonda, Joanne Doroshow, Joyce Corradi, Beth Drazba, Paula Kinney, and Linda Braasch. [2] It received the Audience Pick Best Documentary award at the Dances With Films Festival, [4] NYC; Best Director and Best Documentary at the First Frame International Film Festival, [5] NYC; and Best Investigative Documentary at the International Uranium Film Festival. [6]
Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island released in theaters on December 7, 2023 [2] and on streaming services on March 22, 2024. [7] It is available on Apple+ on March 12, 2024. [8]
Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island has been praised for its impactful message. [9] CounterPunch praised the film and concluded, "A great woman filmmaker is born. " [10] while Film Threat "encouraged every American to watch this wonderful and engrossing documentary. Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island is a powerful piece, and its story needs to be told. [11]" Another review, although conceding that "From a strictly cinematographic point of view, Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island is a fairly conventional documentary. It boasts no whizbang special effects or interactive experiences, just the tried-and-true formula of archival footage woven with original, cinema-verité camerawork.", concluded "This is a film that should be rated in supernovas, not stars." [12]
Award | Festival | Result |
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Audience Pick Best Documentary | Dances With Films Festival | Won |
Best Director and Best Documentary | First Frame International Film Festival, NYC | Won |
Best Investigative Documentary | International Uranium Film Festival | Won |