Nuclear SavageThe following text is from the site www.nuclearsavage.com.Adam Jonas Horowitz shot his first film in the Marshall Islands in 1986, and was shocked by what he found there in this former American military colony in middle of the Pacific Ocean. Radioactive coconuts, leaking nuclear waste repositories, and densely populated slums were all the direct result of 67 Cold War U.S. nuclear bomb tests that vaporized islands and devastated entire populations.
Twenty years later, Adam returned to these islands to make this shocking political and cultural documentary exposé titled ‘Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1.’ This award-winning feature length documentary is a heartbreaking and intimate ethnographic portrait of Pacific Islanders struggling for dignity and survival after of decades of intentional radiation poisoning at the hands of the American government. Relying on recently declassified U.S. government documents and devastating survivor testimony, this untold and true detective story reveals how U.S. scientists turned a Pacific paradise into a radioactive hell, using Marshall islanders as human guinea pigs for three decades to study the effects of nuclear fallout on human beings.
Filmmaker Adam Jonas Horowitz
Jack Niedenthal is the Marshall Islands film-maker and within the films he is a teller of stories, woven from Marshallese legends and his imagination. He generously made the film free a few years ago. Enjoy!
The Mieco Beach Yacht Club began working on a mooring project for Enemanet and Eneko Islands in Majuro in 2006. Nearly 20 years later the moorings at Enemanet Island are still in good shape and used by yacht club members.
The Marshalls Billfish Club hosts regular monthly tournaments and two premier competitions each year: The July Tournament and the All Micronesia Tournament, a.k.a. the All Mike.
The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) is the fisheries agency of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. It looks after all aspects of commercial fishing in the nation, bringing in substantial revenue. Director Glen Joseph believes in transparency at all levels, commissioning in-depth, magazine-style annual reports every year.
Beran Island in Ailinglaplap is the capital of surfing in the Marshall Islands. It’s managed by Indies Trader, a company owned by Australian Martin Daly.
Marine scientists are regular visitors to the Marshall Islands. Their specific research topics vary, but most choose the Marshalls because our reefs are so accessible … plus those that aren’t so accessible, on the remote outer islands, are truly unique.
Adam Jonas Horowitz shot his first film in the Marshall Islands in 1986, and was shocked by what he found there in this former American military colony in middle of the Pacific Ocean. Radioactive coconuts, leaking nuclear waste repositories, and densely populated slums were all the direct result of 67 Cold War U.S. nuclear bomb tests that vaporized islands and devastated entire populations.
Twenty years later, Adam returned to these islands to make this shocking political and cultural documentary exposé titled ‘Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1.’ This award-winning feature length documentary is a heartbreaking and intimate ethnographic portrait of Pacific Islanders struggling for dignity and survival after of decades of intentional radiation poisoning at the hands of the American government. Relying on recently declassified U.S. government documents and devastating survivor testimony, this untold and true detective story reveals how U.S. scientists turned a Pacific paradise into a radioactive hell, using Marshall islanders as human guinea pigs for three decades to study the effects of nuclear fallout on human beings.
Adam Jonas Horowitz shot his first film in the Marshall Islands in 1986, and was shocked by what he found there in this former American military colony in middle of the Pacific Ocean. Radioactive coconuts, leaking nuclear waste repositories, and densely populated slums were all the direct result of 67 Cold War U.S. nuclear bomb tests that vaporized islands and devastated entire populations.
Twenty years later, Adam returned to these islands to make this shocking political and cultural documentary exposé titled ‘Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1.’ This award-winning feature length documentary is a heartbreaking and intimate ethnographic portrait of Pacific Islanders struggling for dignity and survival after of decades of intentional radiation poisoning at the hands of the American government. Relying on recently declassified U.S. government documents and devastating survivor testimony, this untold and true detective story reveals how U.S. scientists turned a Pacific paradise into a radioactive hell, using Marshall islanders as human guinea pigs for three decades to study the effects of nuclear fallout on human beings.
