Pre-Release Screening & Discussion with Director Oliver Stone: NUCLEAR NOW

The Harvard University Center for the Environment and the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability invite you for a pre-release film screening of Nuclear Now, followed by a discussion featuring Oliver Stone, Director and Co-Writer; Joshua S. Goldstein, Co-Writer; and Richard Lester, Japan Steel Industry Professor and Associate Provost, MIT. The panel will be moderated by Dan Schrag, Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment, with opening remarks by Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University.

Open to university ID holders only

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Film Synopsis: As fossil fuels continue to cook the planet, the world is finally being forced to confront the influence of large oil companies and tactics that have enriched a small group of corporations and individuals for generations. Beneath our feet, Uranium atoms in the Earth’s crust hold incredibly concentrated energy. Science unlocked this energy in the mid-20th century, first for bombs and then to power submarines. The United States led the effort to generate electricity from this new source. Yet, in the mid-20th century, as societies began the transition to nuclear power and away from fossil fuels, a long-term PR campaign to scare the public began, funded in part by coal and oil interests. This campaign would sow fear about harmless low-level radiation and create confusion between nuclear weapons and nuclear power.

With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, iconic director Oliver Stone explores the possibility for the global community to overcome challenges like climate change and reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy—an option that may become a vital way to ensure our continued survival sooner than we think.