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Chernobyl Heart Directed by Maryann DeLeo Produced by Maryann DeLeo Editing by John Custodio Running time 39 minutes Country United States Chernobyl Heart is a 2003 documentary film by Maryann DeLeo. The film won the Best Documentary Short Subject award at the 2004 Academy Awards.[1]
In the film, DeLeo travels through Ukraine and Belarus with Adi Roche, the Irish founder of the Chernobyl Children's Project International, observing the effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on the health of children in the area. Many children suffered from a previously unknown cardiac degradation condition[2] known in the area as "Chernobyl heart", in addition to other severe radiation poisoning effects[3]
DeLeo explored the Chernobyl disaster again in 2008 with the film White Horse.
Contents
Broadcast and release details
- Chernobyl Heart was shown to the United Nations General Assembly on 28 April 2004.[4]
- It was shown in Australia on 26 April 2005 as part of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Foreign Correspondent program.[6]
See also
References
- ^ 76th Academy Awards Nominees and Winners, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, February 29, 2004.
- ^ PubMed 19647162
- ^ Kinkead, Gwen: Brooklyn Girl Journeys To Chernobyl's Heart, The New York Observer, July 11, 2004.
- ^ Special commemorative meeting to observe the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe, United Nations, 28 April 2006.
- ^ Chernobyl Heart (HBO).
- ^ Ukraine - Chernobyl Heart, Foreign Correspondent (ABC TV), 26 April 2005.
External links
- Chernobyl Heart at the Internet Movie Database
- Chernobyl Heart at AllRovi
- Chernobyl Children's Project International
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject (2001–2020) Thoth (2001) · Twin Towers (2002) · Chernobyl Heart (2003) · Mighty Times: The Children's March (2004) · A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (2005) · The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006) · Freeheld (2007) · Smile Pinki (2008) · Music by Prudence (2009) · Strangers No More (2010)
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