Downwinders and the Radioactive West

57m
Documentary
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In the 1950s and ‘60s, the U.S. government conducted a series of nuclear tests in the Nevada desert. The resulting fallout would kick off a decades-long debate over cancer rates, the costs of patriotism, and the responsibility of a nation to protect its citizens.

Cast

Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)

Crew

John Howe
Director, Writer, Producer

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