Terminals
Film duration:
15
Year:
1986
Distribution status:
Available
Countries:
United Kingdom
Original format:
16mm film
Available formats:
2K digital file
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Colour
‘Terminals’ is a stream‑of‑consciousness collage which asks us to look at and question the dangers of technological advances and nuclear power.
The “work faster” ethic is written on the door to the terminals. Hazards to fertility or risks of cancer are not criteria in setting "acceptable" levels of exposure to radiation at work. At the Visual Display Terminal, women are staring directly at a source of radiation. Bomb tests and waste disposal are the white man’s cancer imposed on the people of the Pacific.
– Sandra Lahire
Description Source: Cinenova Catalogue (1994). Edited by Kate Norrish. Editorial committee: Elaine Burrows, Liane Harris, Helen de Witt
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