Invitation: 34 years of the Goiânia cesium accident - free online film festival
Rio de Janeiro, September 8, 2021 - The International Uranium Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro remembers the worst radiological accident in Latin America that took place in September 1987 in the city of Goiânia in central Brazil. From September 13th to 19th, 2021, the festival will show online and free of charge eight documentaries and movies about this accident caused by the release of highly radioactive Cesium-137. An online meeting with one of the surviving victims, Odesson Alves Ferreira, Brazilian filmmakers and radioactivity scientist Alphonse Kelecom marks the opening of this virtual film event that is supported by the Cinematheque of Rio's Modern Art Museum (MAM Rio).
Festival program
https://uraniumfilmfestival.org/en/to-not-forget
Festival channel (will be activated on September 13th)
https://vimeo.com/showcase/Cesio137
Online festival opening live (September 13, 4 p.m. Rio time)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WysMZbmfkzw
Please spread the word and invite others. Thanks!
Further information and contact
International Uranium Film Festival
info@uraniumfilmfestival.org
