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Atomic Mom

2010 American film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Atomic Mom
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Atomic Mom is a 2010 documentary film written and directed by M.T. Silvia about the complex experiences of two women struggling with the emotional repercussions of their connections to the nuclear bombings on Hiroshima, Japan, at the end of World War II in August 1945.

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Synopsis

Atomic Mom is a documentary film written and directed by M.T Silvia, which focuses on the connection between two mothers that are each on a different end of the Hiroshima atomic warfare spectrum: Pauline Silvia, a United States Navy biologist, and one of the only women scientists present during the 1953 radiation detonations of Operation Upshot–Knothole at the then-Nevada Test Site, and Emiko Okada, a Japanese woman who was exposed to radiation from the Hiroshima nuclear bombings as a child.[1] Atomic Mom also offers a comparison of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada.[2] Through the use of numerous interviews with Japanese doctors, historians and Hiroshima survivors, M.T Silvia discusses matters of censorship, value of scientific innovation, human rights, personal responsibility and the prospect of world peace in the aftermath of Hiroshima.[3]

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Production

Despite accruing multiple professional filmography credits for her studio management work on various Pixar films, Atomic Mom was the first internationally recognized film that M.T Silvia produced and directed as an independent film maker.[4][2][5]

Funding for the film was procured from dozens of individual donors as well as Nevada Humanities, Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, The Pacific Pioneer Fund, and Google Matching Funds.[6]

Reception

Robert Jacobs of The Asia-Pacific Journal called Atomic Mom “ambitious” and “complex”, and praised Silvia for making a “film that is both historically compelling and deeply personal, a rare achievement.”[7]

Awards

  • 2011: Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary at the Sacramento Film and Music Festival
  • 2011: Jury Award for Best Feature Documentary at the Thin Line Film Festival
  • 2011: Silver Palm Award for Feature Documentary at the Mexico City International Film Festival
  • 2011: Gold Medal for Excellence in Music : Marco d'Ambrosio & Klaudia Promessi at the Park City Film Music Festival

Festivals/Screenings

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United States

International

  • Mexico City International Film Festival
  • Hiroshima Peace Film Festival (Japan)
  • Off Plus Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema (Poland)
  • Addis International Film Festival (Ethiopia)
  • International Uranium Film Festival (Brazil)

Other Screenings

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