Black Wind, White Land (1993)

This documentary explores the tragic impact of the Chernobyl nuclear explosion on the people of Belarus, Russia and the Ukraine.

Date of release
1993-01-01
Runtime
53m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Gerry Hoban

Casting

Interesting facts

Black Wind, White Land: Living With Chernobyl is a 1993 documentary film, researched and produced by the founders of the Chernobyl Children International and explores the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and its consequences for the development of people in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The film was directed by Gene Kerrigan and produced by Ali Hewson, the wife of U2's singer Bono.

Background

Chernobyl Children's Project International was founded in Ireland in 1991 by Adi Roche in response to an appeal from Ukrainian and Belarusian doctors for aid. As a result of the organization's work, two documentaries have been released: Black Wind, White Land and Chernobyl Heart. Black Wind, White Land highlights the plight of fallout victims of the Chernobyl event.

Ali Hewson's involvement with Greenpeace protests against the Sellafield plant for nuclear reprocessing led her to become interested in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986. After a request by Adi Roche, she went to blighted, high-radiation exclusion zones in Belarus for three weeks to narrate part of the documentary.

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