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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The Neutron Bomb

The Neutron Bomb

2022

Atomic People

Atomic People

2024

Mururoa 1973

Mururoa 1973

1973

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

1965

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

2019

Deadly Experiments

1995

The First Secret City

The First Secret City

2015

Seabrook 1977

Seabrook 1977

1978

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

2023

Oppenheimer After Trinity

Oppenheimer After Trinity

2023

8000 Stolen Futures: The Children at the Center of the A-Bomb

8000 Stolen Futures: The Children at the Center of the A-Bomb

2022

Nuclear Rescue 911: Broken Arrows & Incidents

Nuclear Rescue 911: Broken Arrows & Incidents

2001

Manufacturing Death: Birth of the Atom Bomb

Manufacturing Death: Birth of the Atom Bomb

2023

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later

2020

Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer

Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer

2023

A Compassionate Spy

A Compassionate Spy

2022

Nuclear Now

Nuclear Now

2022

Windscale 1957: The Nuclear Winter

Windscale 1957: The Nuclear Winter

1996

Women - For America, For the World

Women - For America, For the World

1986

The Forgotten Bomb

The Forgotten Bomb

2011