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Chernobyl: The New Evidence

2022 · 1 season

A sober, document-driven reckoning that feels like piecing together a cover-up, equal parts chilling and sorrowful.

Created by: Andy Webb
Genres: Documentary, Drama, Crime

Overview: On April 26, 1986 Reactor 4 of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded, releasing clouds of radioactive fallout into the atmosphere. With access to hundreds of declassified KGB documents, Chernobyl: The New Evidence reveals the serious concerns of the KGB, the sacrifices the Soviet leadership were willing to make to keep the story quiet and the bravery that saved the world from an even more deadly disaster.

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Created by: Andy Webb
Genres: Documentary, Drama, Crime

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tensestrength 2 of 3
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Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: corruption
conspiracy
power
survival
deception
Places: workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
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