Trailer
Summary
Filmmakers use archival footage and animation to explore the culture surrounding nuclear weapons, the fascination they inspire and the perverse appeal they still exert.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Background watch
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 62GoodWatch 64
IMDb6.6
Audience score57%
Running time
55 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −41 min on the typical 96
typical 9655Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 13 countries, rent or buy in 33 more
+3Released
2017
June 10, 2017
9 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryAnimationLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 3
- Eric Schlosser Director, Writer, Producer
- Smriti Keshari Director, Writer, Producer
- Kevin Ford Director, Editor
Production · 4
- Mitch Kirsch Production Manager
- Jess Lowe Chaverri Coordinating Producer
- Margaret Aery Production Manager
- Rebecca Stern Associate Producer
Editing · 3
- David Gauff Digital Intermediate Colorist
- Mary Martin Digital Intermediate Producer
- Christina Burchard Additional Editing
Sound · 4
- Adam Freeland Music, Original Music Composer
- Steve Nalepa Sound Mixer, Original Music Composer, Music
- Jens Kuross Music, Original Music Composer
- Ry X Original Music Composer, Music
Other crew · 2
- Elizabeth Niles Post Production Supervisor
- Sanjay Rawal Other
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