Seabrook 1977

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Seabrook 1977
Genre Documentary
Directed by
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers
  • Robbie Leppzer
  • Phyllis Joffe
EditorRobbie Leppzer
Running time80 minutes
Production companyVideo NewsReal
Original release
ReleaseNovember 15, 1978 (1978-11-15)
Protesters at Seabrook Seabrook Station Protest 1.jpg
Protesters at Seabrook

Seabrook 1977 is a 1978 American documentary film directed and produced by Robbie Leppzer and Phyllis Joffe. The film chronicles the anti-nuclear protests organized by the Clamshell Alliance against the construction of the Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire, in 1977; over 2,000 protesters occupied the construction site, and 1,414 were arrested and jailed in National Guard armories for two weeks. [1] [2]

Contents

The documentary features interviews with anti-nuclear activists, as well as local residents, police and National Guard officers, and then-governor of New Hampshire Meldrim Thomson Jr. [1] [3] It premiered on the Center for Community Access Television (CCATV) cable television Channel 3 in Amherst, Massachusetts, on November 18, 1978, [4] and was broadcast on PBS on March 20, 1979. [5]

Reception

Rob Wilson Okun, one of the demonstrators arrested during the protests, wrote a review of the film for the Valley Advocate Amherst in which he commended the film's presentation of the protesters, and called it "a powerful document which should stand up well over the years. Gil Scott-Heron to the contrary, the revolution is being televised." [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Seabrook 1977". Turning Tide Productions. Archived from the original on February 7, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
  2. "Mount Holyoke offers Leppzer documentaries". Daily Hampshire Gazette . Northampton, Massachusetts. April 2, 1986. p. 26. Retrieved February 7, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Davis, Richie (June 24, 2017). "Seabrook remembered by those who were there". The Recorder . Greenfield, Massachusetts. p. B1. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Okun, Rob Wilson (November 15, 1978). "The Revolution Is Being Televised". Valley Advocate Amherst. Amherst, Massachusetts. p. 27A. Retrieved February 7, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "PBS to televise Seabrook documentary". The Recorder . Greenfield, Massachusetts. March 20, 1979. p. A11. Retrieved February 7, 2024 via Newspapers.com.