We Are the Guinea Pigs (1980)
Farmers and parents of young children, who live in the Harrisburg, Pa., area, discuss their fears of radioactive contamination from the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor accident in 1979. Scientists and physicians also expound on the lethal dangers of nuclear power and the risks in containment processes.
- Released
- 1980-04-01
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Joan Harvey
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Joan Harvey as Self - Interviewer (voice)
- Michio Kaku as Self - Professor of Physics, City University of New York
- Clair Hoover Sr. as Self - Dairy Farmer, Middletown, Pa.
- Walter Hooper as Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.
- Sheryl Hooper as Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.
- Gene Adams as Self - President, Local 1688, United Steelworkers of America
- Tom Jenkins as Self - President, Harrisburg Coalition of Black Trade Unions
- Suzanne Magda as Self - High School Teacher, Harrisburg, Pa.
- Louise Hardison as Self - Goat Farmer, Middletown, Pa.
- Susan Cassidy as Self - Parent, Halifax, Pa.
- Kevin Cassidy as Self - Parent, Halifax, Pa.
- Cathie Musser as Self - Mother, Elizabethtown, Pa.
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