The Nuclear Requiem
This item is only available for Canadian orders.Catalogue Number: TVP021
Producer: Video Project, Inc.
Producing Agencies: Whistling Communications LLC
Subject: Environmental Studies, History, Science, Social Sciences, Social Studies, World History
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2017
Running Time: 90:00
Updated following the 2016 presidential election, The Nuclear Requiem presents an in-depth reflection on the danger nuclear weapons pose, an assessment of the current obstacles to disarmament, and a frank discussion of what it will take to overcome the roadblocks to reduce the nuclear threat.
Featured are more than three dozen top security experts and citizen activists from around the world. An original piano composition by Alain Kremski provides a meditative background score to the informed commentary.
The film begins with a brief overview of the major milestones in the nuclear age to provide essential historical background. It then highlights the status of nuclear weapons worldwide and the current major areas of concern: North Korea, Russia, the Iran Nuclear Agreement, and the Trump administration's statements. Inside a UN session on nuclear nonproliferation, we witness first-hand the complex political and strategic concerns that make steps towards disarmament a major challenge.
The Nuclear Requiem also reviews some recent hopeful developments and voices from a new generation of younger experts and activists who are working globally to change the dialogue around what is possible.
The film includes President Obama’s historic 2016 visit to Hiroshima, the first by a U.S. President, where he suggests we must "look directly into the eye of history and ask what we must do differently to curb such suffering again.”
AMONG THOSE FEATURED IN THE FILM
- DARYL KIMBALL, Executive Director, Arms Control Association
- ANTONIO GUTERRES, United Nations Secretary General
- AVNER COHEN, Senior Fellow, Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute for International Studies
- ROSE GOTTEMOELLER, Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, US Dept of State
- THOMAS COUNTRYMAN, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non Proliferation
- GRIGORY BERDENNIKOV, Russian Ambassador, Nuclear Arms
- JAYANTHA DHANAPALA, former UN Undersecretary for Disarmament
- ANNA VASSILIEVA, Professor of Russian Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
- TATSU SUZUKI, Director of Research Center, Nagasaki University
- THOMAS MARKRAM, Deputy Director of Office of Disarmament Affairs, United Nations
- LASSINA ZERBO, Executive Secretary, The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
- LAURA ROCKWOOD, Director, the Vienna Center for Non-Proliferation
- JACKIE CABASSO, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation
- WILLIAM POTTER,Founder and Director, Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Monterey
WINNER
PLATINUM BEST OF SHOW, The Aurora Awards
SCREENED AT
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs Film Series
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Global Peace Film Festival
Media Library, Visions du Reel International Festival, Nyon
"EDITOR'S CHOICE. It is a ninety-minute montage of interviews, meetings, and speeches about the environmental, moral social, and economic consequences of unmanaged nuclear technology, all mixed with photos, video clips, and backed throughout by Alain Kremski's piano. Listen, look, reflect, and learn...The film outlines premises in an effective argument for managing if not eliminating nuclear proliferation." - Science Books and Films
"A reminder of the importance of maintaining nuclear vigilance. Interviewed diplomats speak out about the dangers of escalating these arms, and outspoken advocates encourage putting limits on nuclear weapons. Footage of U.S. President Obama’s historic visit to Hiroshima and his subsequent thoughtful comments on the continuing threats of nuclear attack are quite moving." – Booklist (ALA)
"Recommended. Production standards are very high. Sees hope in the future....." – Educational Media Reviews Online
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