1982 Oscar Winning Short Film: " If You LOVE This Planet "

[Segami]

This Oscar®-winning short film is comprised of a lecture given to students by outspoken nuclear critic, Dr. Helen Caldicott, president of Physicians for Social Responsibility in the United States. Her message is clear: disarmament cannot be postponed. Archival film footage of the bombing of Hiroshima and images of its survivors seven months after the attack heighten the urgency of her message.


If You Love this Planet could be considered a precursor to An Inconvenient Truth. It’s based on a lecture given by physician and anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott. The film, directed by Terre Nash, went on to win the Oscar for short documentary after being officially designated as "foreign political propaganda" by the U.S. Department of Justice. The film was made at the NFB’s Studio D, the first permanent, state-funded women's film unit in the world, created in 1974. Undoubtedly, the directors and producers were very clear about the question: Why are we making this film?


25:54 minutes:

<http://nfb.ca/film/if_you_love_this_planet/>

[dysfunctional press]

1. what if you just want a platonic relationship with the planet...?

and think that maybe it's best to just be friends for now...?
:shrug:

[PDJane]

2. flippant answer........and not so clever. eom

[dysfunctional press]

4. so i'm just supposed to give my love to the first planet that comes along...?

i'm sorry, but my mother taught me to be a little more careful than that with my emotions.

[bananas]

3. It's also the name of her radio show on Pacifica

http://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/

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[applegrove]

5. Oh I remember that. That was a great movie. She went into detail

about what millions of dead bodies lying around after a nuclear attack would do to the survivors. She pulled no punches.