Silkwood
“On November 13, 1974, Karen Silkwood, an employee of a nuclear facility, left to meet with a reporter from the New York Times. She never got there.”
6.9(368)R19832h 11mEN
Directed by Mike Nichols
Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.
Details
plutoniumstaged deathradiationoklahomanuclear radiationnuclear power plantidealismidealistlabor organizerlabor unionworkers unionsuspicious death
Budget $10.0MBox office $35.6M
