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Chernoby Heart on RTE 1 at 11:25 pm

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Tuesday April 18, 2006 14:48

by Terence

A 39 min film made in 2003 about Chernobyl and the aftermath

This will be on RTE 1 at 11:25 pm Wednesday evening.

This is an award-winning documentary which follows Adi Roche, founder of Ireland's Chernobyl Children's Project, to the Ukraine

This will probably be well worth watching but it is a pity that it is being billed so late. Now that so many are commuting long distances to work these days and have to get up early and thus go to bed relatively early, it's unlikely that as many people will see this as might have, had it be shown at say 10 pm.

The timing may also be a form of self-censorship by RTE now that the idea of building a nuclear power station has been floated in Ireland and the pro-nuclear propaganda assault is well under way.
See http://www.indymedia.ie/article/75289 and more slightly related discussion here: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/75434

As one pro-nuclear lobbyist recently said on the Late Late Show, Chernobyl was relatively contained and largely dismissed it.

Here's some reviews of the film Chernobyl Heart:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396959/

And here's a synopisis from http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=550231

One of the many tragic long-term after-effects of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster of 1986 is a condition known as "Chernobyl Heart," a weakening of the circulatory system which has impacted a large number of children who've grown up near the damaged facility. Chernobyl Heart is a short documentary which offers a look at the children and families who are facing this dangerous disease, as well as explores how the spread of radioactivity has brought the malady through the health and social service programs of the former Soviet Union. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

And most importantly from the Chernobyl Children's Project website there is some more details of the film with a report back on some of the kids feature in it. For more see the URL below.

The Academy-Award winning film Chernobyl Heart shockingly and movingly depicts the continuing effects of radiation on the children of Belarus, the country most effected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986. The film was inspired by and shows the work of Chernobyl Children's Project International, and was recently broadcast on HBO...