Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
“DON'T BE AFRAID!”
2015•1h 11m•6.7•Released
Documentary
Using only archive film and a new musical score by the band Mogwai, Mark Cousins presents an impressionistic kaleidoscope of our nuclear times – protest marches, Cold War sabre-rattling, Chernobyl and Fukishima – but also the sublime beauty of the atomic world, and how x-rays and MRI scans have improved human lives. The nuclear age has been a nightmare, but dreamlike too.
Director
Mark Cousins
Languages
English, Japanese, Ukrainian
Studio
Hopscotch Films
Production
Company
Hopscotch Films
Company
Crossover Labs
Company
BBC Scotland
Producer
Mark Atkin
Producer
Heather Croall
Producer
John Archer
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