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Chernobyl Heart

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Chernobyl Heart (2003)
  • Documentary
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This Academy Award-winning documentary takes a look at children born after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster who have been born with a deteriorated heart condition.This Academy Award-winning documentary takes a look at children born after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster who have been born with a deteriorated heart condition.This Academy Award-winning documentary takes a look at children born after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster who have been born with a deteriorated heart condition.
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764
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  • Director
    • Maryann DeLeo
  • Stars
    • William Novick
    • Adi Roche
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    • Adi Roche
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    This Academy Award-winning documentary takes a look at children born after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster who have been born with a deteriorated heart condition.
    • title directed by female
    • chernobyl ukraine
    • nuclear accident
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    • Connections
      Featured in The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Symphony No 3, Opus 36: Lento e Largo - Tranquillisimo
      Composed by Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (as Henryk Górecki)

      Performed by London Sinfonietta

      Conducted by David Zinman

      Courtesy of Nonesuch Records

      By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing

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    3/10
    Exploitative propaganda
    This film is certainly a testament to the power of images. I defy anyone to watch this and not feel the pain of the children featured. Sadly, though, its shock value is not matched by actually bothering to substantiate its case.

    The use of those tragically deformed children may have great emotional impact, but the documentary didn't bother to actually provide any evidence that their deformities were the fault of Chernobyl. That's because there isn't any, or for that matter any evidence that the level of birth defects has gone up in affected regions (with the exception of babies of pregnant women who actually worked on the cleanup at the time). A further claim was that the infant mortality rate was "three times that of the rest of Europe". This is true, as far as it goes. But the IMR is no higher than Belarus's post-soviet neighbors, and can be explained by the declining standard of living and quality of medical facilities.

    I could go on, but just about every other claim made in the documentary is either misleading, strongly disputed in the scientific literature (I made the effort to check after watching the documentary), or plain bogus.

    If you're a film student, this film is indeed technically brilliant. But it's based on a complete and utter distortion of the real picture.
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    • robert-merkel
    • Apr 29, 2006

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    • Release date
      • August 13, 2011 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Also known as
      • Сердце Чернобыля
    • Filming locations
      • Chernobyl, Ukraine
    • Production company
      • Downtown TV Productions
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      39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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