Overview

Helen Hughes explores ten different documentary films made in Europe and North America since 1989 that explore the atomic age: Volker Koepp’s Die Wismut, Suzan Baraza’s Uranium Drive-In, Toshi Fujiwara’s Mujin Chitai, Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s Pripyat, Michael Madsen’s Into Eternity, Peter Galison and Rob Moss’s Containment, Volker Sattel’s Unter Kontrolle, Ivy Meerapol’s Indian Point, Rob Stone’s Pandora’s Promise, Mika Taanila and Jussi Eerola’s Atomin Paluu, and Mark Cousin’s Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise.  In her coherent, accessible analysis of the representation of radioactive spaces in documentary and experimental art films, Hughes shows us how the documentary form itself can help reimagine the relationships between people and their environments.

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Author:   Helen Hughes
Publisher:   Intellect Books
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9781789383843

ISBN 10:   1789383846
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   23 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: Radioactive documentaries and a homage to Erik Barnouw Chapter 2: Radioactive past: Volker Koepp's Die Wismut (1993, Germany) and Suzan Baraza's Uranium Drive-In (2013, US) Chapter 3: Radioactive present: Toshi Fujiwara's Mujin Chitai (No Man's Zone, 2012, Japan) and Nikolaus Geyrhalter's Pripyat (1999, Austria, Ukraine) Chapter 4: Radioactive future: Michael Madsen's Into Eternity (2010, Denmark) and Peter Gallison and Rob Moss's Containment (2015, US) Chapter 5: Radioactive past conditional: Volker Sattel's Unter Kontrolle (Under Control, 2011, Germany) and Ivy Meerapol's Indian Point (2015, US) Chapter 6: Radioactive future conditional: Rob Stone's Pandora's Promise (2013, US) and Mika Taanila and Jussi Eerola's Atomin Paluu (Return of the Atom, 2015, Finland) Chapter 7: Conclusion: Radioactive continuous present: Mark Cousin's Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise (2015, UK)

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Helen Hughes is a senior lecturer in German and film studies at the University of Surrey. She is the author of Green Documentary (2014) and co-editor of Documentary and Disability (2017) and has published articles in journals and books on documentary, experimental and German-language cinema.

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