Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott

Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott is a 1981 American documentary film about anti-nuclear weapons activist Helen Caldicott, directed by Mary Benjamin and Boyd Estus.^[2] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.^[3]

Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott
Directed by	Mary Benjamin Boyd Estus
Produced by	Mary Benjamin Boyd Estus Susanne Simpson[1]
Starring	Helen Caldicott
Cinematography	Boyd Estus
Distributed by	Direct Cinema
Release date	1981 (1981)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Summary

The film follows Caldicott speaking at Washington D.C. rally, visits Three Mile Island and addresses Australian uranium workers.^[4]

Reception

Both Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert each gave it a negative review and thought that the film's intention was noble but the filmmaking was pedestrian.^[5]

See also

• If You Love This Planet, a 1982 short documentary about Caldicott as well as a radio program of the same name