| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (91 minutes)) : sound, color |
| Summary |
Television Event is an archive-based feature documentary that views the dramatic climax of the Cold War through the lens of a commercial television network, as it narrowly succeeds in producing the most watched, most controversial made-for-TV movie, The Day After (1983). With irreverent humor and sobering apocalyptic vision, this film reveals how a commercial broadcaster seized a moment of unprecedented television viewership, made an emotional connection with an audience of over 100 million, and forced an urgent conversation with the US President on how to collectively confront and resolve the most pressing issue of the time - nuclear proliferation |
| Notes |
Originally produced in 2020 |
| Performer |
Nicholas Meyer, Ted Koppel, Stephanie Austin, Ellen Anthony, Stu Samuels |
| SUBJECT |
Day after (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009063912
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| Subject |
Apocalypse in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- Influence -- Case studies
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Science fiction films -- History and criticism
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| Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Documentaires.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Daniels, Jeff, film director, film producer
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Spain, Amanda, film producer
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Meyer, Nicholas, on-screen participant
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Anthony, Ellen, on-screen participant
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Austin, Stephanie, on-screen participant
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Media Education Foundation, publisher
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