The Day After (1983 - US), Testament (1983 - US), and Threads (1984 - UK) depicted the horrors of nuclear war and its impact on its indiscriminate victims. The livestream will discuss these films, nuclear anxiety past and present, the environmental impacts of nuclear technologies, and the potential for films like these to spur collective action. Speakers include: Vicki Lesley, filmmaker and director of The Atom: A Love Affair (2019) Allison McCracken, DePaul University American Studies Professor Min-Kyoo Kim, Film and Screen Studies PhD student at the University of Cambridge
"Living through the End - Nuclear war in 1980s TV & movies” is being organised in collaboration with DePaul Humanities Center in Chicago on Earth Day, Tues 22nd April.
With Min-Kyoo Kim, a film scholar from Cambridge University and Prof Allison McCracken, a specialist in 20th century American media and cultural history, we will be looking at the experience of nuclear war and its aftermath for ordinary citizens as depicted in 1980s film & TV in the US & UK - in particular, Testament (1983, US), The Day After (1983, US) and Threads (1984, UK).
The event is FREE to attend and all are welcome. Registration via the Eventbrite link below isn't required (the Zoom meeting link is on the Eventbrite page if people want to just decide on the day) but it will help us have an idea of numbers beforehand.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82711145067?pwd=I5Pclhl8XkSOgsaQAxWvR4DYI0RuqF.1
