Silkwood
Director: Mike Nichols
Like Crystal Lee Sutton and Erin Brockovich, Karen Silkwood never imagined that she would be called upon to face such a foe. In this case, one could argue that Goliath won, but still we know her story, and still the Philistine army suffered.
A blue-collar metallurgy worker in an Oklahoman Kerr-McGee plutonium plant, Silkwood discovered in 1974 that faulty rods had been produced, and that management had falsified safety and inspection records. With that, her life turned to radioactive nightmare, galvanizing her to surreptitiously gather proof for the New York Times.
Intense, desperate, and deeply moving, Silkwood paints the plight of those lacking the wherewithal to stage the fight, indicts the delusional moral turpitude of those complicit for their own benefit, and inspires us toward the greater good, both for its own sake and in honor of those who fought before us.
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