BUILDING BOMBS, a recent Academy Award nominee for best documentary feature, is a shocking and revealing journey into the atomic age, from which there seemingly is no safe path leading out.
The film begins with an introduction to the Savannah River Plant located near the small town of Aiken, GA. In the 1950s, the townspeople of Aiken were literally uprooted by the US government and the Atomic Energy Commission. The SRP consumed over 300 square miles of land to house what is now one
of the largest nuclear facilities in the world. Though the government applauded the development of the land, the local economy and the security of the country, over 6,000 people lost...
Released:
1991
Rated:
NR
Length:
58 mins