Mike Nichols, USA, 1983

Film Series and Lectures «Los costes de la energía nuclear» (The cost of nuclear power)

Silkwood

Presented by Juan Ángel Saiz Jiménez, specialist in renewable energy (Universitat Politècnica de València) and Luis Sánchez Vázquez (Observatory of Social and Environmental Conflicts, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador), who will participate by videoconference.

Synopsis:

The film tells the life of Karen Silkwood, worker of the power plant station of Oklahoma (United States) who fought for investigating and uncovering the deficiencies in the safety of her power plant station until a car accident, in ambiguous circumstances, ender her life. The film, with clear antinuclear denunciation, is based on the true story of Silkwood in the 70s.