highpowerfilm.org/ Pittsburgh Premiere of High Power, a documentary from filmmaker and whistleblower Pradeep Indulkar Monday, March 3, 7:00 pm followed by Lecture Discussion Porter Hall 100 (Gregg Hall) Carnegie Mellon University Remembering Hiroshima, Imagining Peace has invited nuclear engineer-turned-environmentalist Pradeep Indulkar to show his film High Power. This documentary covers the health issues faced by residents of Tarapur, a town in Maharashtra, and home to the 50- year-old Tarapur nuclear power plant.It recently won the Yellow Oscar in the short film category in the Rio de Janeiro leg of the Uranium Film Festival. After the film, Indulkar will describe the passionate anti-nuclear movement in India and their request for support from the global anti-nuclear movement, particularly from those countries whose nuclear industries are building plants in India. With nuclear power plants back on national and international radar, two new plants scheduled to be built in Georgia and a new water leak at Fukushima, here comes a cautionary tale from filmmaker and nuclear activist Pradeep Indulkar. High Power is a 27-minute documentary (subtitled in English) on the health and environmental effects of a 50-year-old nuclear power plant in Tarapus, India. The villagers speak of their uncompensated, forced removal from their historic villages, the ensuing cancers, malformed babies, infertility, kidney and heart failures and increases of retardation in their communities. In addition, the absence of the fish they used to catch, eat and take to market, shows the human costs of nuclear power. Free and open to the public. highpowerfilm.org REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA, IMAGINING PEACE 2014 Remembering Hiroshima, Imagining Peace links art and activism as we work to prevent nuclear war. The group also includes the consequences of nuclear energy, in light of the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Our programs not only deal with remembering the past, but imagining the future by encouraging both activism and hope. For more information Edith Bell 412-661-7149
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