Atomic Mom

Overview

Atomic Mom is a feature length documentary about two women, both mothers, who have very different experiences of the atom bomb. One is my mother, Pauline Silvia, who was a Navy biologist in the early 1950's and was sent to the Nevada Test Site where she witnessed five detonations. After decades of silence, she is in a crisis of conscience about the work she did. The other woman is Emiko Okada, a Hiroshima survivor who was eight years old when the bomb was dropped. Knowing the work that Pauline did, Emiko offers her an olive branch with a beautifully potent message of peace.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 2010

Original language

English

Cast

Howard Lukk,M.T. Silvia,Pauline Silvia,Emiko Okada

Director

M.T. Silvia

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt1517606