Half Life (1986)
Dennis O’Rourke’s documentary investigates the 1954 Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test in the Marshall Islands and its long-term consequences. Combining declassified U.S. military footage, archival material, and interviews with Marshallese islanders and American servicemen, the film recounts how radioactive fallout affected residents of Rongelap and Utirik Atolls and explores the political and scientific context of Cold War nuclear testing.
- Date of release
- 1986-05-20
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Dennis O'Rourke
Interesting facts
- Box office: A$11.3K
Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age is a 1985 Australian documentary film directed by Dennis O'Rourke, concerning the American Castle Bravo nuclear testing at the Marshall Islands in 1954.
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