Children of Chernobyl

Children of Chernobyl (1991)

January 1st, 19910h 50min

Documentary
60%

Overview

Mothers and doctors speak out about the grim reality of life in the five years following the Chernobyl disaster. In children, doctors witnessed a massive increase of recurrent infections, baldness, as well as leukaemia and other cancers.


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