MOVIE NIGHT: Radio Bikini by Robert Stone
Schedule
Thu Apr 25 2024 at 08:00 pm
Location
Blue Tavern | Tallahassee, FL
This documentary is one of the best ever made about the personal toll of the cold war era. Nominated in 1988 for an Academy Award, it was described by WaPo writer Gerri Hershey:'Stone's film is an eloquent, if harrowing, examination of the psychic and physical fallout of the testing, both on Bikinians and on unprotected American servicemen who were drenched in radioactive mists while monitoring the blasts. The most surreal footage comes from government archives -- never-before- seen film shot for a propaganda epic that was never made. Seven hundred and fifty cameras and half the world's existing movie film were shipped to Bikini to capture the Felliniesque events. Men shear lambs, grease them with Flashpoint cream and strap them to the decks of "target" ships in the Bikini lagoon to test the effects of the blasts. There is footage of uncomprehending Bikinians leaving their home, of fresh-faced sailors walking, naked, into showers jokingly labeled "Radio Active," of military men hand-painting the name "Gilda" on a fat 20-kiloton bomb. It's all perky, upbeat—Beaver Cleaver Drops the Bomb.”'
Free admission: We encourage you to bring donations of cash or canned food for Food Not Bombs
Where is it happening?
Blue Tavern, 1206 N Monroe St, Tallahassee, FL 32303-6149, United States,Tallahassee, Florida