Contaminated: The Karen Silkwood Story
Brief Synopsis
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Documentary about the death of nuclear plant worker Karen Silkwood in 1974. Silkwood died in a car accident on the way to meet with a journalist, to give him documents supporting her charge that workers at the Kerr-McGee nuclear power plant were being contaminated and that forty pounds of plutonium
Cast & Crew
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Damian Weyand
Director
David Ackroyd
Narrator
Arthur Kent
Sheila Brosnan
Archival Footage
Anne Cocklin
Audio
Steve Cocklin
Camera
Film Details
Also Known As
History's Mysteries (01/19/00)
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
2000
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Documentary about the death of nuclear plant worker Karen Silkwood in 1974. Silkwood died in a car accident on the way to meet with a journalist, to give him documents supporting her charge that workers at the Kerr-McGee nuclear power plant were being contaminated and that forty pounds of plutonium were missing.Was her death truly an accident? Why were the documents never recovered?
Director
Damian Weyand
Director
Crew
Sheila Brosnan
Archival Footage
Anne Cocklin
Audio
Steve Cocklin
Camera
Judy Cole
Producer
Judy Cole
Writer
Joe Duncan
Camera
Dan Epstein
Audio
Ted Esko
Camera
Mark Eveslage
Camera
Lisa Formisano
Production Assistant
Jim Gaynor
Music
Konrad Hedrich
On-Line Editor
Colleen Kaman
Associate Producer
Steve Krumdick
Motion Control
Bill Leahy
Production Manager
Malcolm Leanza
Production Assistant
Bill Mallek
Editor
Jeff Martin
Supervising Producer
John Mason
Motion Control
David Mcquillen
On-Line Editor
Alberto Mendez
Production Assistant
Steve Osmon
Audio
Abbe Raven
Executive Producer
Nicole Rittenmeyer
Producer
Nicole Rittenmeyer
Writer
Rise Sanders
Producer
Mark Smith
Camera
Jonathan Towers
Executive Producer
Ted Vervalen
Audio
Drew Weir
Audio
Susan Werbe
Executive Producer
Michael Wheeler
On-Line Editor
Jackie Youngs
On-Line Editor
Film Details
Also Known As
History's Mysteries (01/19/00)
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
2000
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
