Special Report: Mark Shapiro on Downwind (2023)

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🗓️ 19 January 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Mike talks with Mark Shapiro about the documentary he co-directed with Douglas Brian Miller, Downwind, a searing documentary about the over 900 nuclear tests that took place in Nevada over a half century and the affects they've had on the generations of people that live downwind from the radiation.

Downwind has its premiere at Slamdance on Jan 23, 2023.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.2	Shut it off.
0:25.6	Turn it off.
0:26.6	Hey folks. Welcome to a special episode of The Projection Booth.
0:43.1	I'm your host Mike White on this episode.
0:45.0	I'm talking with director Mark Shapiro.
0:48.9	He is one of two directors of the new film Downwind.
0:52.9	It is a documentary that is really pretty important.
0:57.2	It is all about the many, many nuclear tests that have taken place in the U.S.
1:02.6	and the effect that it's had on the environment, and moreover, on the people that live in the areas
1:08.8	just downwind of those nuclear tests.
1:13.0	The film will be having its premiere screening at Slam Dance down in Park City, Utah, on January 23rd,
1:20.4	2023. If you can make it, I highly recommend that you do so. Otherwise, keep an eye out,
1:26.4	and I will be sure to give updates on where
1:28.9	it is available, where you can find it, what other festivals it is at. By the way, this is all one
1:35.6	word downwind. It is not the two-word documentary about Ontario's wind farms. So just to keep that in mind. All right, enjoy the interview and please
1:47.2	check out Downwind when it is available near you. I am so excited to talk to you about downwind,
1:53.2	but I'm so curious about your past. Can you tell me a little bit about how you got into
1:56.9	filmmaking? And actually specifically with my co-director, Douglas Brian Miller, we worked together
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