Children of Armageddon
Impacts - damage - scale - destruction
This series talks about the legacy of the nuclear arms race in the Pacific Ocean. Atomic war and subsequent testing had tremendous environmental repercussions.
S 1/ E 1- Children of Armageddon(52m)
Amid the growing nuclear threat, Maki, granddaughter of a Hiroshima survivor, strives to preserve the memory of the horror and faces social stigma associated with irradiated families. Evelyn, originally from the Marshall Islands, lost her homeland to American nuclear testing and advocates for justice and recognition of her people's suffering. Through their testimonies, they raise issues of historical revisionism, new nuclear weapons, global contamination, and the insufficient voices of survivors to counter a nuclear resurgence.S 1/ E 2- May The Bomb Be With You(52m)
Nuclear powers continue to strengthen their arsenals despite commitments to disarm, with France and the United Kingdom particularly criticized. Mauréa, a young Tahitian activist, fights against the nuclear taboo in a society affected by the legacy of French nuclear tests. Amid the post–Cold War silence of peace movements, a renewed hope emerges through events like the International Peace Forum in Vancouver.
