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Seventh Art Productions presents Heavy Water: A film for Chernobyl Half Life: A Journey to Chernobyl On April 26th, 1986, reactor four at Chernobyl nuclear power station explodes, sending an enormous radioactive cloud over Northern Ukraine and neighbouring Belarus. The danger is kept a secret from the rest of the world and the nearby population who go about their business as usual. May Day celebrations begin, children play and the residents of Pripyat marvel at the spectacular fire raging at the reactor. After three days, an area the size of England becomes contaminated with radioactive dust, creating a 'zone' of poisoned land. Based on Mario Petrucci’s award-winning book-length poem (split over two books), 'Heavy Water: a film for Chernobyl', and the shorter version 'Half Life: a Journey to Chernobyl", tells the story of the people who dealt with the disaster at ground-level: the fire-fighters, soldiers, 'liquidators', and their families. Poetry read by David Bickerstaff, Francine Brody, Juliet Stevenson, David Threlfall and Samuel West. Press Comments for Petrucci's Heavy Water. > Click
here to play an excerpt Heavy Water: a film for Chernobyl is available on DVD from Seventh Art Productions: +44 (0)1273 777678 info@seventh-art.com To buy the book, Heavy Water: a poem for Chernobyl by Mario Petrucci click here www.enitharmon.co.uk. To buy its sister volume, Half Life by Mario Petrucci click here www.heaventreepress.co.uk Heavy Water screenings Half Life screenings |
