In the Dark of the Valley
Year: 2021
Country:
UNITED STATES
Run Time:
104 minutes
When Melissa Bumstead’s daughter received a rare cancer diagnosis at the age of four, their family was devastated. They spent a lot of time in the hospital receiving treatments. And through the course of those treatments, they met a lot of other children with similarly rare cancers. Along the way they started to notice a disturbing trend—most of these sick children lived quite close to the Bumstead’s house, and some, in fact, even lived on their street. With alarm bells ringing, the mothers began to do some digging. And what they discovered was worse than anyone could have imagined. Just miles from their neighborhoods was the site of one of the largest nuclear accidents in U.S. history, the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. If you’re surprised you’ve never heard of it, don’t be. NASA and Boeing have spent endless resources covering up the accident since 1959 and have claimed for decades there are no unsafe conditions around the site. An infuriating and illuminating documentary, IN THE DARK OF THE VALLEY follows this outraged group of mothers as they fight for accountability and action, standing strong against immoral and corrupt institutions. Hell hath no fury like a mother fighting for her children. — G.S.
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Thursday, April 08, 2021 at 11:00 AM -
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Closed Captions: No
Audio Description: No
English Subtitles: No
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Director
Nicholas Mihm
Producers
Derek Smith, Brandon Smith, Nicholas Mihm
Cinematography
Brandon Smith
Editing
Nicholas Mihm, Martina De Alba
Derek Sullivan Smith
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