{"product_id":"radioactive-documentary-filming-the-nuclear-environment-after-the-cold-war-9781789383843","title":"Radioactive Documentary: Filming the Nuclear","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow have nuclear issues been covered in documentary since the end of the Cold War? This original new book explores how the sometimes elusive, sometimes dramatic effects of uranium products on the landscape, on architecture and on social organisation continue to show up on-screen, maintaining a record of moving images that goes back to the early twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIt is the first book to analyse independent documentary films about nuclear energy - it suggests an approach to documentary films as agents of change. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEach chapter of this book focuses on one of ten different documentary films made in Europe and North America since 1989.  Each of these films works the material and the ideological heritage of the nuclear power industry into visions of the future. Dealing with the legacy of how ignorance and neglect led to accidents and failures the films offer different ways of understanding and moving on from the past. The documentary form itself can be understood as a collective means for the discovery of creative solutions and the communication of new narratives. In the case of these films the concepts of radioactivity and deep time in particular are used to bring together narrative and formal aesthetics in the process of reimagining the relationships between people and their environments.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFocusing on the representation of radioactive spaces in documentary and experimental art films, the study shows how moving images do more than communicate the risks and opportunities, and the tumultuous history, associated with atomic energy. They embody the effects of Cold War technologies as they persist into the present, acting as a reminder that the story is not over yet.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePrimary readership will be academics and students working in environmental communication and in environmental humanities more broadly. For students of independent film or documentary it will also provide a clear picture of contemporary themes and creative practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Introduction: Radioactive documentaries and a homage to Erik Barnouw\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Radioactive past: Volker Koepp’s \u003cem\u003eDie Wismut \u003c\/em\u003e(1993, Germany) and Suzan Baraza’s \u003cem\u003eUranium Drive-In \u003c\/em\u003e(2013, US)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Radioactive present: Toshi Fujiwara’s \u003cem\u003eMujin Chitai \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eNo Man’s Zone\u003c\/em\u003e, 2012, Japan) and Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s \u003cem\u003ePripyat \u003c\/em\u003e(1999, Austria, Ukraine)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Radioactive future: Michael Madsen’s \u003cem\u003eInto Eternity \u003c\/em\u003e(2010, Denmark) and Peter Gallison and Rob Moss’s \u003cem\u003eContainment \u003c\/em\u003e(2015, US)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Radioactive past conditional: Volker Sattel’s \u003cem\u003eUnter Kontrolle \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eUnder Control\u003c\/em\u003e, 2011, Germany) and Ivy Meerapol’s \u003cem\u003eIndian Point \u003c\/em\u003e(2015, US)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Radioactive future conditional: Rob Stone’s \u003cem\u003ePandora’s Promise \u003c\/em\u003e(2013, US) and Mika Taanila and Jussi Eerola’s \u003cem\u003eAtomin Paluu \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eReturn of the Atom\u003c\/em\u003e, 2015, Finland)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Conclusion: Radioactive continuous present: Mark Cousin’s \u003cem\u003eAtomic: Living in Dread and Promise \u003c\/em\u003e(2015, UK)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042575286615,"sku":"9781789383843","price":72.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789383843.jpg?v=1750954703","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/radioactive-documentary-filming-the-nuclear-environment-after-the-cold-war-9781789383843","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}