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Save the Planet
A fast-paced montage film history of the atomic age and the escalating debate over nuclear power.
SAVE THE PLANET is a fast-paced montage film history of the atomic age and the escalating debate over nuclear power. This unique documentary was shown by MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) at the Madison Square Garden Benefit Concerts staged in New York, September 19-23, 1979. Award-winning filmmakers Daniel Keller, John Avildsen, Barbara Kopple and a host of others worked on the project. The Archives Project, producers of The Atomic Cafe, contributed several key segments for the production.
The film opens with early 1950's footage lauding the benefits of "irradiated food," and shows an Army chaplain describing, in glowing terms, a mushroom cloud that contains "all the colors of the rainbow." It features striking footage by noted cinematographer Gerald Feil covering Three Mile Island and a march through South Dakota's Black Hills to protest uranium mining on sacred Indian lands. Ringing endorsements of the "peaceful atom" from Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, and Nixon punctuate the film and move the audience from the Hiroshima bomb to today's nuclear plants.
SAVE THE PLANET is an exciting and innovative tool for documentary education. It mixes the talents of some of America's leading filmmakers, musicians, and political activists into a rare dramatic commentary on the origins and key pressure points of the nuclear debate.
Grade Level: 10-12, College, Adults
US Release Date: 2026
Copyright Date: 1979
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Subjects
Activism
Nuclear Energy
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