Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise

Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise (2015)

August 8th, 20151h 11min

Documentary
66%

Overview

Using only archive film and a new musical score by the band Mogwai, Mark Cousins presents an impressionistic kaleidoscope of our nuclear times – protest marches, Cold War sabre-rattling, Chernobyl and Fukishima – but also the sublime beauty of the atomic world, and how x-rays and MRI scans have improved human lives. The nuclear age has been a nightmare, but dreamlike too.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

We Are the Guinea Pigs

We Are the Guinea Pigs


Released on: 1980-04-01
Documentary

Farmers and parents of young children, who live in the Harrisburg, Pa., area, discuss their fears of...

Microcosmos

Microcosmos


Released on: 1996-09-06
Documentary

A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time...

Tokyo Phoenix

Tokyo Phoenix


Released on: 2017-05-20
Documentary, History, TV Movie

In 150 years, twice marked by total destruction —a terrible earthquake in 1923 and incendiary bombin...

Solaride: Courage to Do the Impossible

Solaride: Courage to Do the Impossible


Released on: 2024-03-04
Documentary

The Estonian national team is the first Baltic team to participate in the Bridgestone World Solar Ch...

House of Grucci

House of Grucci


Released on: 2023-01-02
Documentary, TV Movie

An illuminating look inside the lives of the Grucci family, whose Long Island-based fireworks busine...

Kingdom of Saturn: Cassini's Epic Quest

Kingdom of Saturn: Cassini's Epic Quest


Released on: 2017-01-01
Documentary

Before the joint NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission, humanity only knew what had been learned, decades...

The Meteor

The Meteor


Released on: 2024-03-06
Documentary

A large iron meteorite is found by two enthusiasts. But who owns it? A subtle film about property ri...

Under The Shoreline

Under The Shoreline


Released on:
Documentary

With rising sea levels, land reclamation runs rampant in Singapore. Labrador Park is one such waterf...

Th (Part 11:  Dr. Helen Caldicott)

Th (Part 11: Dr. Helen Caldicott)


Released on: 2014-05-28
Documentary

Dr. Helen Caldicott is the most prominent anti-nuclear activist in the world. She's been featured on...

Wolsong: Vanishing Town

Wolsong: Vanishing Town


Released on: 2019-12-12
Documentary

Die Sonne

Die Sonne


Released on: 2024-02-10
Documentary, TV Movie

The sun is the miracle that makes everything possible - but also the greatest danger. For the first ...

Searching for Skylab, America's Forgotten Triumph

Searching for Skylab, America's Forgotten Triumph


Released on: 2019-02-08
Documentary, History, Family

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting t...

Uranium Drive-In

Uranium Drive-In


Released on: 2013-05-25
Documentary

A new uranium mill -- the first in the U.S. in 30 years -- would re-connect the economically devasta...

The Nervous System

The Nervous System


Released on: 1937-06-15
Documentary

An educational film about the nervous system produced by Encyclopædia Britannica Films, an education...

The Frog

The Frog


Released on: 1931-02-24
Documentary

An educational film about frogs produced by Encyclopædia Britannica Films, an educational film produ...

The Red Princess

The Red Princess


Released on: 2022-04-04
Documentary

Who is Kim Yo-jong? In a context of maximum tensions between North Korea and the United States, Pier...

Versprechen Kernfusion? - Der Wettlauf um die Energie der Zukunft

Versprechen Kernfusion? - Der Wettlauf um die Energie der Zukunft


Released on: 2023-06-01
Documentary

In October 2023, a European research team succeeded in generating an enormous amount of energy from ...

Testerep

Testerep


Released on: 2024-03-21
Documentary

A team of scientists search for the lost island of Testerep in front of the Belgian coast, venturing...

Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime

Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime


Released on: 2014-06-09
Documentary

Before the internet. Before social media. Before breaking news. The victims of Thalidomide had to re...

Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison

Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison


Released on: 2017-12-11
Documentary

This documentary focuses on the artistry of director Bill Morrison, who leverages decaying film stoc...