Blowing Up Paradise

"A story of liberty, equality and radioactivity."

Blowing Up Paradise uses color archival footage to chronicle France's explosion of various nuclear devices, in violation of the international test ban treaty, from the first test in 1966 to the last in 1995. Interviews with former and current French government officials, scientists, and nuclear advisors.

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In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?

1984

Radio Bikini

Radio Bikini

1988

Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment

Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment

1991

Half-Life in Fukushima

Half-Life in Fukushima

2016

Race for the World's First Atomic Bomb: A Thousand Days of Fear

Race for the World's First Atomic Bomb: A Thousand Days of Fear

2015

In Time's Shadow

In Time's Shadow

1995

Rain of Ruin: The Bombing of Nagasaki

Rain of Ruin: The Bombing of Nagasaki

1995

Ten Seconds that Shook the World

Ten Seconds that Shook the World

1963

The Journey

The Journey

1987

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes

2022

The Day Called X

The Day Called X

1957

Vive La France

Vive La France

2014

Uncovering Fukushima

Uncovering Fukushima

2022

The Phenomenon

The Phenomenon

2020

Inside Chernobyl's Mega Tomb

Inside Chernobyl's Mega Tomb

2016

Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1

Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1

2011

Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle

Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle

2021

Spirit of Hiroshima

Spirit of Hiroshima

1996

Gerboise Bleue

Gerboise Bleue

2009

Waste: The Nuclear Nightmare

Waste: The Nuclear Nightmare

2009