Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott

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Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott
Directed byMary Benjamin
Boyd Estus
Produced byMary Benjamin
Boyd Estus
Susanne Simpson [1]
Starring Helen Caldicott
CinematographyBoyd Estus
Distributed by Direct Cinema
Release date
  • 1981 (1981)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott is a 1981 American documentary film about anti-nuclear weapons activist Helen Caldicott, directed by Mary Benjamin and Boyd Estus. [2] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. [3]

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Summary

The film follows Caldicott speaking at Washington D.C. rally, visits Three Mile Island and addresses Australian uranium workers. [4]

Reception

Both Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert each gave it a negative review and thought that the film's intention was noble but the filmmaking was pedestrian. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Documentary Winners: 1982 Oscars
  2. ↑ Australian Centre for the Moving Image. "Eight minutes to midnight". Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
  3. ↑ "The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  4. ↑ TV Guide
  5. ↑ Diner, Eight Minutes to Midnight, Chan is Missing, Blade Runner, 1982 - Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews
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