RADIOACTIVE: The Women of Three Mile Island

In this thrilling documentary, indomitable women fight back against the nuclear industry to expose one of the worst cover-ups in U.S. history.

RADIOACTIVE: The Women of Three Mile Island is an award-winning film directed by Heidi Hutner about the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown, the worst commercial nuclear power accident in U.S. history, and its aftermath. It uncovers the never-before-told stories of four intrepid homemakers who take their local community's case against the plant operator all the way to the Supreme Court – and a young female journalist who's caught in the radioactive crossfire.

RADIOACTIVE features activist and actor Jane Fonda, whose film, THE CHINA SYNDROME (a fictional account of a nuclear meltdown), opened 12 days before the real disaster in Pennsylvania.

RADIOACTIVE also breaks the story of a radical new health study that may finally expose the truth of the meltdown. For over forty years, the nuclear industry has done everything in their power to cover up their criminal actions, claiming, as they always do, "No one was harmed and nothing significant happened."

Praise for RADIOACTIVE

"RADIOACTIVE: The Women of Three Mile Island is a compelling and significant documentary in the grand tradition of such trailblazing women filmmakers as Kimberlee Acquaro, Christine Choy, and Barbara Koppel … this is a film that should be rated in supernovas, not stars."
-EDWARD MORAN, CINEMA DAILY U.S. (FULL REVIEW HERE)

"A stunning film. It asks the important question: should we or shouldn’t we with nuclear energy? First-time filmmaker Heidi Hutner answers this question with solid research and interviews with scientists, engineers, whistleblowers, physicians, and most importantly with the victims themselves. RADIOACTIVE is a must-see tour-de-force for anyone who cares about our energy future and our planet."
-JON BOWERMASTER, AWARD-WINNING NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FILMMAKER

"This chilling feminist thriller unveils a host of cover-ups and criminal actions by the nuclear industry and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), who put the Three Mile Island community in mortal danger. The intrepid women and mothers in RADIOACTIVE face Goliath and fight back until the bitter end to uncover the truth and protect their families and community. The filmmakers have created a powerful and essential film that will resonate deeply with everyone who sees it."
-DAVE CHAMEIDES, EMMY-AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR & CINEMATOGRAPHER

Audience Award – Best Documentary
Dances With Films Festival, NYC

Best Director & Best Documentary
Full Frame International Film Festival, NYC

Best lnvestigative Documentary
Uranium International Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro

Director Biography - Heidi Hutner

Heidi Hutner, Award-Winning Director, Writer, and Producer, is an award-winning Professor of Environmental Humanities and Gender Studies at Stony Brook University, and a scholar of nuclear and environmental history, literature, film, and ecofeminism. She is the winner of Sierra Club Long Island's 2015 Environmentalist of the Year Award. Hutner publishes widely as a writer and journalist on nuclear, environmental, environmental justice, and gender issues. She regularly gives public talks. Her current book project, RADIOACTIVE: Women and Nuclear Disasters, will accompany the documentary and forms the basis of the documentary project. Hutner has written for the New York Times-Dot Earth, Ms. Magazine, Public Radio International, Longreads, AEON, DAME, Spirituality and Health, Mom's Clean Air Force, Yes!, Tikkun, and more. Hutner produces a popular sustainability web video show in which she interviews Nobel Peace Prize winners, McArthur Genius Fellows, and other luminaries. She recently appeared on the NBC News Think episode, “Clean Water is a Human Right” and gave a Tedx on "Eco-Grief and Ecofeminism." Hutner was the associate producer of the off-Broadway climate-change musical, Endangered. RADIOACTIVE: The Women of Three Mile Island is Hutner’s first film. For more about Heidi Hutner, see her website: HeidiHutner.com.