Original Child Bomb

Original Child Bomb

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 2, 2004

Runtime

0h 57m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

80%

Original Title

Original Child Bomb

Director

Carey McKenzie

Description

Inspired by Thomas Merton's poem, ORIGINAL CHILD BOMB shows the human cost of nuclear weapons. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are depicted through declassified footage, photographs, drawings and testimonies of mothers, brothers and soldiers. Ordinary people gaze upon the nuclear past and its terrifying present.