Helen caldicott if you love this planet

1982 Canadian film

If You Love This Planet is a 1982 Canadian documentaryshort film directed by Terre Nash, produced by Studio D, the women's unit of the National Film Board of Canada.

Plot

The film is a recording of a lecture given to SUNY Plattsburgh students by Australian physician and anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott about the dangers posed by nuclear weapons. While Caldicott speaks about the dangers of nuclear war and what it could mean in terms of casualties, Nash cuts from the speech to black-and-white images of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Production

Terre Nash was a student at McGill University when she heard a lecture by Helen Caldicott.

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Nash decided to create her first film based on the lecture.^[2]

The film was created by Studio D with a budget of $70,117 (equivalent to $200,644 in 2023). The NFB's Board of Governors stated that the film was the "hottest film since Not a Love Story".

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