Chernobyl Heart (2003)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Maryann DeLeo

Genre:

Documentary | Short

Plot:

This Academy Award-winning documentary takes a look at children born after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster who have been born with a deteriorated heart condition. |

Plot Keywords:

Nuclear Accident | Chernobyl Ukraine

Awards:

Won Oscar.

Cast

William Novick	...	Himself
Adi Roche	...	Herself

Runtime:

USA:39 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Chernobyl, Ukraine

Company:

Downtown TV Productions

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Symphony No 3, Opus 36

We all need to heal our 'Chernobyl Heart"

Chernobyl Heart is a reflection of the growing dis-ease spreading like a cancer around planet earth....we think that because we don't know about the acute suffering of children,and others, thousands of miles away, or are not aware of the severe poisoning of a portion of Mother Earth's body, that it does not directly affect us. But like any cancer that begins to grow in our body, we are usually not aware of it's presence until it reaches a certain critical point...then we begin to FEEL it directly and can no longer deny its existence. What will it take for us to collectively wake up from our self-absorbed coma that refuses to understand anything at all until it's too late. We can donate our money or time in helping victims of disasters, and this is always needed, but why is this never enough? Have we not noticed that throwing money at calamitous situations never seems to solve the systemic problem of greed and corruption in the consciousness of MEN basically in charge of running everything on this planet? Maybe we all need to awaken our OWN Chernobyl Heart, first............before it is too late.