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Silkwood is a 1983 American biographical drama film directed by Mike Nichols, and starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, and Cher.
Jan 27, 1984 · Silkwood: Directed by Mike Nichols. With Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson. A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.
Jul 25, 2017 · This story focuses on the private and professional life of Karen Silkwood (1946 - 1974) portrayed by Merryl Streep, who became a whistle-blower to expose the illegal and dangerous practices of one Oklahoma nuclear plant where she worked as a technician.
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Karen Gay Silkwood (February 19, 1946 – November 13, 1974) was an American chemical technician and labor union activist known for reporting concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety in a nuclear facility.
The taut Mike Nichols drama Silkwood (1983) was based on the real life case of a plutonium processing plant metallurgy worker, Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), who discovered corporate powers were covering up radiation leaks at Oklahoma's Kerr-McGee plant.
The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.
