trangest Dream (NFB) Available Online for Free - Nominated for Gemini Award
The Strangest Dream, a film about Joseph Rotblat and Pugwash by the Canadian National Film Board, has been nominated for Canada's highest film awards [the Geminis] for best writing in a documentary program. Congrats to Eric Bednarski and Barry Cowling for this honor. We have our fingers crossed for the November decision.
The Strangest Dream tells the story of Joseph Rotblat, the only nuclear scientist to leave the Manhattan Project, the U.S. government’s secret program to build the first atomic bomb, on moral grounds.The film retraces the history of nuclear weapons, from the first nuclear test, in New Mexico, to Hiroshima, where we see survivors of the first atomic attack. Branded a traitor and spy, Rotblat went from designing atomic bombs to researching the medical uses of radiation. Together with Bertrand Russell he helped create the modern peace movement.
The film also tells the story of the early days of the Pugwash Movement.
The film is now available in its entirety for free on the NFB website:
http://www.nfb.ca/film/strangest_dream
Click on the "open in a pop out" option, and then on the bottom right, click the rectangular piece to "toggle for full screen." This allows you to easily view the film on your computer.
We are working with the NFB to make this available on the Pugwash website as well, when we upgrade our history section.
For those of you who are educators or engaged with young audiences, this film is an excellent introduction to Pugwash, and to Jo Rotblat's amazing life story. I often show the first few minutes of the film when I am giving talks about Pugwash.
All the best,
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Sandra Ionno Butcher
Senior Program Coordinator
Pugwash Conferences on Science & World Affairs
International Secretariat, London Office
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