We Are the Guinea Pigs
“Three Mile Island and the Catastrophe of Nuclear Power”
1980•1h 30m•6.0•Released
Documentary
Farmers and parents of young children, who live in the Harrisburg, Pa., area, discuss their fears of radioactive contamination from the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor accident in 1979. Scientists and physicians also expound on the lethal dangers of nuclear power and the risks in containment processes.
Director
Joan Harvey
Languages
English
Cast
Joan Harvey
Self - Interviewer (voice)
Michio Kaku
Self - Professor of Physics, City University of New York
Clair Hoover Sr.
Self - Dairy Farmer, Middletown, Pa.
Walter Hooper
Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.
Sheryl Hooper
Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.
Gene Adams
Self - President, Local 1688, United Steelworkers of America
Tom Jenkins
Self - President, Harrisburg Coalition of Black Trade Unions
Suzanne Magda
Self - High School Teacher, Harrisburg, Pa.
Louise Hardison
Self - Goat Farmer, Middletown, Pa.
Susan Cassidy
Self - Parent, Halifax, Pa.
Kevin Cassidy
Self - Parent, Halifax, Pa.
Cathie Musser
Self - Mother, Elizabethtown, Pa.
Donna Percarpio
Self - Mother of Five, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Richard Vollmer
Self - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Robert Weber
Self - Veterinarian, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Production
Producer
Ralph Klein
Producer
Saul Newton
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