Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Radium girls / CINE Mosaic presents ; a Cine Mosaic production [and others] ; produced by Lydia Dean Pilcher and Emily Mcevoy ; written by Ginny Mohler and Brittany Shaw ; directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher and Ginny Mohler.

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : Juno Films, [2022]

Description:

1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Summary:

Based on true events, it follows teen sisters, Bessie and Jo Cavallo, who dream of Hollywood and Egyptian pyramids as they paint luminous watch dials at the American Radium factory in New Jersey. When Jo loses a tooth, Bessie's world is turned upside down as a mystery slowly unravels. She discovers a corporate cover-up and, in a radical coming of age story, Bessie and the Radium Girls decide to take on American Radium. Based on historical events, the national sensation following the notorious case of the Radium Girls in 1928 ultimately led to a significant and lasting impact in the area of workplace health and safety and the study of radioactivity.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: Not rated.

Subjects:

Occupational diseases -- Women -- United States -- Drama.

Women employees -- United States -- Drama.

Employee rights -- United States -- Drama.

Radioactivity -- Employees -- Drama.

Radium paint -- Drama.

Genre:

Biographical films.

Historical films.

Feature films.