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Eight minutes to midnight

Title
Eight minutes to midnight [videorecording] / produced and directed by Mary Benjamin.
Publication
New York, 1984.

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Moving imageBy appointment only NCOX 5444 A.O.Offsite

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Additional Authors
  • Benjamin, Mary
  • Streep, Meryl
  • WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Filmed between 1978 and 1980, during a period of debate about the future of nuclear energy, this film is portrait of a woman who became an international figure in the movement for nuclear disarmament. It tells the story of pediatrician, author, and activist Dr. Helen Caldicott and her struggle to inform and awaken the public to the medical dangers she believes posed by nuclear power. The film shows how Caldicott meets the demands of being wife, mother, physician and involved citizen.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.
Series Statement
Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
Alternative Title
Ch. 13 "8 minutes to Midnight" 7/17/84 w/ intro by Meryl Streep.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentaries and factual works.
  • Television.
Note
  • This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
  • Taped off-air.
  • The film was released in 1980.
Access (note)
  • Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.
Event (note)
  • First broadcast WNET-TV, Channel 13, New York, N.Y. July 17, 1984.
Call Number
NCOX 5444
OCLC
NYPG06-F784
Title
Eight minutes to midnight [videorecording] / produced and directed by Mary Benjamin.
Imprint
New York, 1984.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Series
Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
Access
Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.
Performer
Introduced by Meryl Streep.
Event
First broadcast WNET-TV, Channel 13, New York, N.Y. July 17, 1984.
Added Author
Benjamin, Mary, producer.
Benjamin, Mary, director.
Streep, Meryl, host.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
NCOX 5444
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