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

Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott
Director:	Mary Benjamin
Producer:	Mary Benjamin Boyd Estus Susanne Simpson^[1]
Starring:	Helen Caldicott
Cinematography:	Boyd Estus
Distributor:	Direct Cinema
Runtime:	60 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

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.^[2] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.^[3]

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

External links

• • Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott at Direct Cinema
• The entire film with introduction by Meryl Streep

Notes and References

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3VdUQctoCY Documentary Winners: 1982 Oscars
2. Web site: Eight minutes to midnight . Australian Centre for the Moving Image . 10 October 2024 . Australian Centre for the Moving Image.
3. Web site: The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners . October 8, 2011 . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20141111072059/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982 . November 11, 2014 .
4. https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/eight-minutes-to-midnight/1030198620/ TV Guide
5. https://siskelebert.org/?p=2698 Diner, Eight Minutes to Midnight, Chan is Missing, Blade Runner, 1982 - Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews