"This little film: We are the little engine that could. We are fighting a mighty powerful force. Money. The military complex. Power. Patriarchy," Hutner says.
"Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island--I have researched this subject for 20 years. I have worked closely with world-class scientists, doctors, hard-working and deeply knowledgeable activists, and attorneys. I have interviewed untold numbers of people on the ground at assorted disaster locations--spent years in these communities.
"This film is for all of our children, great and great and great grands--and on. Meet our four magnificent mothers: Linda Hoagland Braasch, Beth Drazba, Joyce Corradi, and Paula Kinney. They lived five miles from the meltdown. These were 'Leave it to Beaver' mothers who loved their children so much they had to literally leave their kitchens to become activists and fight the U.S. Regulatory Commission and the nuclear industry--criminals (literally) who were covering up the truth. The moms tell me they didn't want to fight this battle, but they had to, because the government wasn't protecting them or telling the truth. Someone had to protect their children.
"Meet
the courageous lawyers Joanne Doroshow and Lynne Bernabei, who as young women
defended this community and took their case all the way to the Supreme Court.
Meet the heroic Michele LeFever Quinn, a just-out-of-college reporter who
put her life on the line as she reported on the ground during the meltdown."
A great woman filmmaker is born. I can't wait to see what she does next.
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