Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Benjamin, Mary
2. Streep, Meryl
3. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Filmed between 1978 and 1980, during a period of debate about the future of nuclear energy, this film is portrait of a woman who became an international figure in the movement for nuclear disarmament. It tells the story of pediatrician, author, and activist Dr. Helen Caldicott and her struggle to inform and awaken the public to the medical dangers she believes posed by nuclear power. The film shows how Caldicott meets the demands of being wife, mother, physician and involved citizen.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.

Series statement

1. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Alternative title

1. Ch. 13 "8 minutes to Midnight" 7/17/84 w/ intro by Meryl Streep.

Subject

1. Caldicott, Helen
2. Pacifists > Australia
3. Nuclear energy > Health risk assessment
4. Nuclear disarmament

Genre/Form

1. Documentaries and factual works.
2. Television.

Call number

1. NCOX 5444

Note

1. This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
2. Taped off-air.
3. The film was released in 1980.

Access (note)

1. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Event (note)

1. First broadcast WNET-TV, Channel 13, New York, N.Y. July 17, 1984.

Title

1. Eight minutes to midnight [videorecording] / produced and directed by Mary Benjamin.

Imprint

1. New York, 1984.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Series

1. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Access

1. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Performer

1. Introduced by Meryl Streep.

Event

1. First broadcast WNET-TV, Channel 13, New York, N.Y. July 17, 1984.

Added author

1. Benjamin, Mary, producer.
2. Benjamin, Mary, director.
3. Streep, Meryl, host.
4. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Research call number

1. NCOX 5444