Gravitas Ventures to Distribute Documentary Downwind About Fallout From Nuclear Testing in United States
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Thursday, August 10, 2023
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The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992.
Key Points:
- The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992.
- The film is executive produced by actor/activist Matthew Modine, who stars in this summer’s long-awaited Oppenheimer from director Christopher Nolan.
- “Southern Utah was deeply affected by the nearly 1,000 nuclear and atomic bombs detonated in the Nevada desert.
- In 1987, my brother Maury was arrested in Mercury, Nevada – alongside our documentary’s narrator Martin Sheen -- protesting the continued testing of nuclear bombs.