DVD

The babushkas of Chernobyl [videorecording] / A PowderKeg Studios production in association with Hedgebrook and Chicken & Eggs Pictures and Fork Films ; written by Holly Morris ; directed and produced by Holly Morris and Anne Bogart.

Bogart, Anne, (film director,, film producer.). Morris, Holly, 1965- (screenwriter,, film director,, film producer.). Chicken & Egg Pictures (Firm), (production company.). Fork Films, (production company.). Hedgebrook (Organization), (production company.). PowderKeg Studios (Firm), (production company.). Video Project, (film distributor.).

Summary:

Journeys into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone several decades after the world's worst nuclear disaster in April 1986. The tightly regulated 1000 square mile Dead Zone remains one of the most radioactively contaminated places on Earth, complete with military border guards. Suprisingly, a defiant, spirited group of elderly women scratches out an existence in this lethal landscape. The resilient babushkas are the last survivors of a small community who refused to leave their ancestral homes after the Chernobyl disaster. The film follows the women for over a year, capturing their unusual lives in the Dead Zone. While the babushkas' spirit mirrors the determination of the Ukrainian nation, a country that continues to survive despite its ongoing conflict with Russia, it remains unlikely Chernobyl will be repopulated anytime in the foreseeable future.

Record details

ISBN: 951479011
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (124 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
Publisher: Albuquerque, NM : Powderkeg Studios, [2015]
Distributor: San Mateo, CA : Video Project, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from container.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Cinematographer, Japhet Weeks ; editors, Richard Howard, Mary Manhardt, Michael Taylor.
Target Audience Note:	E.
System Details Note:	DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	For private home use only.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.