Building Bombs (1990) - 2024 4K Restoration
Academy Award nominated
//after screening Q&A with director Mark Mori//
documentary feature
SATURDAY, April 13 @ 12:15 pm
Location: The Conference Center at the Main Library - Hicks Auditorium
(Entrance from Main Street)
Building Bombs (1990)
*Out of Competition
US - Director: Mark Mori & Susan J. Robinson
Academy Award nominated Building Bombs (1990), in a new 4k film restoration, revisits the glory days of the atomic age, its legacy of nuclear weapons waste, and its troubling questions still unanswered. Insider stories and rare archival footage reveal the inner workings of one of the world’s largest nuclear bomb plants and its toll on the environment and human hearts. Of historical interest, the film sparked a movement by ordinary people and rock stars that changed U.S. national policy. With the abandonment of nuclear treaties by the world’s superpowers and call for the use of nuclear weapons, Building Bombs provides key insights and impetus to tackle these issues for audiences today. Restored in 2024 by the Academy Film Archive.