INTERNATIONAL URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL THE ATOMIC AGE CINEMA FEST
PRESENTS UNFORGETTABLE
MOVIES OF THE ATOMIC AGE
APRIL 27, 2016 ATOMIC FILMS - NUCLEAR POWER PANEL - GALA EVENT
RALEIGH STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD www.uraniumfilmfestival.org
International Uranium Film Festival The Atomic Age Cinema Fest
cordially invite you to
Atomic Film Screenings, a Nuclear Power Panel of Speakers and a Gala Event at Raleigh Studios Hollywood / Charlie Chaplin Theater
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
12 pm
HOT WATER USA, 2015, Documentary, Drama,1h 20min by Liz Rogers and Kevin Flint, Executive producer Elizabeth Kucinich.
The Uranium Industry's Dirty Little Secret: When you were growing up, how many people did you know who had cancer? How many do you know today? Filmmakers Lizabeth Rogers and Kevin Flint travel to South Dakota following a story about uranium contamination—only to discover that the problem flows much farther and runs much deeper than they could have imagined. Hot Water tells the story of those impacted by uranium mining, atomic testing, nuclear energy and the subsequent contamination that runs through our air, soil and—even more dramatically — our water. www.zerohotwater.com
Directors and Producers will be present for Q & A with the Audience.
2:00 pm
NUCLEAR SAVAGE: THE ISLANDS OF SECRET PROJECT 4.1 USA, 2012, 87 min, Documentary Director: Adam Jonas Horowitz, Marshallese & English. http://www.nuclearsavage.com
Featuring recently declassified U.S. government documents, survivor testimony, and unseen archival footage, Nuclear Savage uncovers one of the most troubling chapters in modern American history: how Marshall islanders, considered an uncivilized culture, were deliberately used as human guinea pigs to study the effects of nuclear fallout on human beings. (Winner of the Yellow Archives Award 2013)
Director Adam Horowitz will be present for Q & A with the audience.
4:15 pm FINAL PICTURE
Germany, 2013, Fiction, Drama, 92 min, German with English subtitles, director Michael von Hohenberg, with Nadine Badewitz, Julian Bayer, Hubert Burczek, Michael Schwarzmaier. Producer White-Lake-City Filmproduction, www.white-lake-city.de
A movie about the senselessness of atomic war. Iran has used an atomic bomb against Israel. In a short period of time America, Russia and China take part in the conflict. The war escalates and America launches its atomic rockets. In a small town in the middle of Europe, Caroline, Frank and Peter reach safety in an old military bunker. The people have a civil bunker, but not for all residents. The head of the district has to decide between saving some lives or letting everyone die. The movie is shot in original bunkers in the region Oberfranken in Germany. In team and cast are many young people, shooting their first professional movie. (Winner of the Yellow Archives Award 2014)
Director Michael von Hohenberg will be present for Q & A with the audience.
6:30 pm - Red Carpet
“I often get the chance to play a hero. But Stanislav is a true real-life hero.” Kevin Costner
7:30 pm
THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD Denmark, 2014, documentary, 105 min, with Kevin Costner, Stanislav Petrov, Walter Cronkite, Robert De Niro, Matt Damon, Director Peter Anthony, Produced by Jakob Staberg, Christian D. Bruun, Mark Romeo, Raphael Avigdor, Svilen Kamburov
The Man Who Saved the World tells the gripping true story of Stanislav Petrov - a man who single-handedly averted a Nuclear World War. “Few people know of Stanislav Petrov, yet hundreds of millions of people are alive because of him.”
http://themanwhosavedtheworldmovie.com
After the screening Director Peter Anthony will receive the Yellow Archives Award as Best Feature Documentary of the International Uranium Film Festival 2016.
STANI SLAV PETR OV
S t ani s lav Pet r ov (b. Sept. 9, 1939) was born in Odessa, Ukraine. With a skyrocketing military career bringing him to almost every corner of the former Soviet Union, Petrov ended up as lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defense Forces at age 43.
On Sept. 26, 1983, Petrov was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported five nuclear missiles being launched from the United States Petrov judged the report to be a false alarm, and his decision is credited with having prevented an erroneous retaliatory nuclear attack on the United States and its NATO allies that could have resulted in large-scale nuclear war. Investigation later confirmed that the satellite warning system had indeed malfunctioned.
In Jan. 2006, Petrov traveled to the United States, where he was honored with a special World Citizen Award at the United Nations in New York City,"“in recognition of the part he played in averting a catastrophe." For Petrov’s actions in averting a nuclear war, he was also awarded the Dresden Prize on Feb. 17, 2013, in Dresden, Germany. The award included $32,000. On Feb. 24, 2012, he was honored with the 2011 German Media Award, presented to him at a ceremony in Baden-Baden.
Today, Petrov is a retired widower living by himself in a two-bedroom apartment in a Moscow suburb.
“I ’ m n ot a h er o. I w as ju st at th e r ig h t p lace at th e r ig h t tim e. ”
- Stanislav Petrov
KEV I N COSTNER
Kevi n C os t ner (b. Jan. 18, 1955� is an American actor, singer, musician, producer, and director. He has won two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, one Emmy Award, and has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards.
Costner’s appearance in The Man Who Saved the World closed a circle that he himself had instigated. While researching for his role in the 1987 film No Way Out, he came across Petrov’s story on an episode of NBC’s Dateline. This was around the time he was shooting Thirteen Days, a film based on the Cuban missile crisis, which brought the U.S. to the brink of war in an earlier doomsday scenario. Costner was so amazed to be hearing for the first time about someone whose actions likely prevented World War III, he felt compelled to write to Petrov and thank him for his actions. When filmmakers reached out to Costner about meeting with Petrov, the award-winning director was eager to meet, in his words, “the man who saved the world.” During the meeting, Costner was able to express his gratitude to Petrov for his brave decision made at a critical time in the world’s history.
“I often g et th e ch an ce to p lay a h er o. Bu t Stan is lav is a tr u e r eal -l ife h er o. ”
- Kevin Costner
9:20 pm
Nuclear Power Panel of speakers
Harvey Wasserman - Co-Moderator: Journalist, author, and “No Nukes” strategist and organizer for over 30 years. He teaches history and cultural & ethnic diversity at two central Ohio colleges, and works primarily for the permanent shutdown of the nuclear power industry and the birth of Solartopia, a democratic and socially just green-powered Earth free of all fossil and nuclear fuels. http://solartopia.org
Kat Kramer - Co-Moderator: Founder of “Films That Change The World.” Daughter of legendary filmmaker, Stanley Kramer, who directed and produced the original nuclear holocaust film "On The Beach.“ Kat Kramer is an actress and producer, was Miss Golden Globe for The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and recorded an album of Mick Jagger solo covers. www.katkramersfilmsthatchangetheworld.com
Esai Morales: Award-winning actor and activist is a graduate of New York's High School for the Performing Arts. Describing himself as an “actorvist”, Morales has combined art and activism to build bridges of understanding. He is involved in a bevy of charities and non-profit organizations that span everything from social to environmental issues.
Mimi Kennedy: The 3 career woman, actress, author and activist, well known for her performances in television dramas and comedies. www.mimikennedy.org
Libbe HaLevy: She produces and hosts Nuclear Hotseat, the weekly international news magazine on all things nuclear… from a different perspective. She is also
the co-creator of Radiation Awareness Protection Talk, or RAPT (www.RAPTawareness.com), an audio series on how to best protect from the negative impact of radioactivity on our health. http://nuclearhotseat.com
10:00 pm
After party with live entertainment and Cachaça Magnífica, a speciality from Rio de Janeiro.
Festival venue
Raleigh Studios Hollywood Charlie Chaplin Theater (5300 Melrose Ave., LA, 90038)
Raleigh Studios Hollywood, on famous Melrose Avenue – where tradition meets innovation. Originally founded by Adolph Zukor as the Famous Players Fiction Studio in 1912, the Raleigh Studios Hollywood is the oldest independent studio in continuous operation. Undergoing a five-year renovation and expansion when first acquired in 1979, the 11 acre complex of 13 sound stages, production and support space, serves as the headquarters for Raleigh Studios. http://www.raleighstudios.com/hollywood
The studios` beautiful Chaplin Theater is named after Charlie Chaplin, who made several films at Raleigh Studios in the 1920s and 30s.
Festival contact in LA
Comp tickets, RSVP: Alexandra Radlovic, Event Producer LA BRAND MANAGEMENT Mobile: 323.206.7025 [email protected] Festival Website: www.uraniumfilmfestival.org
About the festival The International Uranium Film Festival is dedicated to all films about nuclear power and the risks of radioactivity, from uranium mining to nuclear waste. The horror of atomic bombs and uranium weapons, and nuclear accidents like Three Mile Island, Chernobyl or Fukushima should never be forgotten, nor repeated. This annual festival has global reach. It has toured already to dozens of cites in Brazil, Germany, India, Portugal, Canada and the U.S.: New York, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Washington DC. The Los Angeles edition of the Uranium Film Festival now is titled the “Atomic Age Cinema Fest.” www.uraniumfilmfestival.org
The festival was founded 2010 by the non-profit arts and cultural organization, “Yellow Archives” (Arquivo Amarelo), based in Rio de Janeiro. Objective is the preservation and support of cultures in danger and the production of videos, films, CDs and DVDs against oblivion and displacement. The Yellow Archives is a project against forgetting and to keep valuable knowledge alive. We welcome any support and donation. www.yellow-archives.org
Contact International Uranium Film Festival and Yellow Archives Rua Monte Alegre, 356 / 301Santa Teresa / Rio de Janeiro / RJ
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