Building Bombs(1989)

movie - first aired/released 1989-05-09 - 54 min - audience 6.3

Documentary

Directed by Mark Mori, Susan Robinson

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.