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1983Drama2h 11m

Silkwood

On November 13, 1974, Karen Silkwood, an employee of a nuclear facility, left to meet with a reporter from the New York Times. She never got there.

Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.

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StatusReleased
Original Languageen
Budget$10,000,000
Revenue$35,616,970

Keywords

plutoniumstaged deathradiationoklahomanuclear radiationnuclear power plantidealismidealistlabor organizerlabor unionworkers unionsuspicious deathwhistleblowerworker's rightsfighting the systemchemical poisoningradiation exposureassassinatedillegal waste disposal

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