Documentary · United States of America · 1980 · 1h 30m

We Are the Guinea Pigs

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Director
Joan Harvey
Cast
Joan Harvey as Self - Interviewer (voice) Michio Kaku as Self - Professor of Physics, City University of New York Clair Hoover Sr. as Self - Dairy Farmer, Middletown, Pa. Walter Hooper as Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa. Sheryl Hooper as Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa. Gene Adams as Self - President, Local 1688, United Steelworkers of America
Crew
Tom Hurwitz — Director of Photography Newton Thomas Sigel — Director of Photography Trudy Bagdon — Editor Joan Harvey — Editor Saul Newton — Producer Ralph Klein — Producer
Tagline

Three Mile Island and the Catastrophe of Nuclear Power

Synopsis

Farmers and parents of young children, who live in the Harrisburg, Pa., area, discuss their fears of radioactive contamination from the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor accident in 1979. Scientists and physicians also expound on the lethal dangers of nuclear power and the risks in containment processes.

Mood & Themes
pennsylvania, usaradiationnuclear radiationanimal deathradiation sicknessnuclear powernuclear accidentdairy farmerstillbirththree mile island
Key Collaborators
Joan Harvey Director Tom Hurwitz Director of Photography Newton Thomas Sigel Director of Photography Trudy Bagdon Editor Joan Harvey Editor Saul Newton Producer Ralph Klein Producer
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