Where to watch · United States
Not on any service here yet.
Nuclear Horror Show Parade (1983)
Directed by Gaylene Preston
· 42m
This video from Gaylene Preston, shot on her VHS camera, captures an anti-nuclear protest four years before Aotearoa officially went nuclear-free. The footage documents a large team creating dozens of papier-mâché masks and costumes, led by artist Debra Bustin. While listening to Elvis and Johnny Cash, they prepare for a march on 10 August 1983 against the visit to Wellington of nuclear-powered missile cruiser USS Texas. Later there's extended footage of protestors holding handmade anti-nuclear signs, and parading puppets of Robert Muldoon, Ronald Reagan, and the Statue of Liberty wielding an atomic weapon.
Crew
- Director
- Gaylene Preston
- Editor
- Gaylene Preston
Details
- Release date
- 1983-11-01
- Runtime
- 42m
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- New Zealand