Silkwood
1983 · 131 min
Directed by Mike Nichols. Written by Alice Arlen, Nora Ephron. Starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson.
Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.
Critics 78% · audiences 79% · streaming on Hoopla · 5 Oscar nominations