

Building Bombs
This Oscar-nominated documentary chronicles everyday life in Aiken, S.C. -- ground zero for America's hydrogen bomb-making facility, the Savannah River Plant. Through interviews with residents, politicians, activists and factory workers, the incisive film looks at the consequences of living in the shadow of nuclear weapons and the illegal dumping of radioactive waste. Actress Jane Alexander narrates.
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- PremiereAtlanta Film and Video Festival9 May 1989
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Building Bombs was released on 9 May 1989.
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7/3/2026
When Uncle Sam teams up with the giant DuPont chemical company to start building the United States' nuclear arsenal, they need somewhere expansive but remote enough to construct their plant. They alight on a huge tract of land in South Carolina and then promptly dispossess the people who'd lived near the town of Aiken for decades. This site also benefitted from having the Savannah river on it's doorstep and so within…
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