In this thrilling documentary, indomitable women fight back against the nuclear industry to expose one of the biggest cover-ups in US history: the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown and its aftermath. The film reveals the never-before-told stories of four intrepid homemakers who take their case all the way to the Supreme Court, and a young female journalist who's caught in the radioactive crossfire.
Direction
Hutner weaves archival terror with intimate present-day reckoning.
Writing
Supreme Court transcripts that'll make your blood boil.
Director
Heidi Hutner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jane Fonda's involvement connects directly to her 1979 anti-nuclear activism and the film 'The China Syndrome,' released just 12 days before the actual meltdown.
The 'no immediate danger' phrase used by officials was later revealed to be calculated language from a PR handbook, not scientific assessment.
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