Radio Bikini

Radio Bikini is a 1988 American documentary film directed by Robert Stone.[3] It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1988 for Best Documentary Feature.[4] It was later aired on the PBS series The American Experience.

Radio Bikini
DVD cover
Directed byRobert Stone
Produced byKevin Rafferty
Robert Stone [1]
CinematographyJohn Rayter
Robert Stone
Edited byRobert Stone
Distributed byPBS
Release date
  • June 10, 1988 (1988-06-10)
Running time
56 minutes [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Summary

The film documents the nuclear tests performed around Bikini Atoll during Operation Crossroads in 1946, and their effects on the indigenous population and American servicemen involved.

Cast
  • Kilon Bauno as himself (Chief of the Bikinians)
  • John Smitherman as himself[5]

References
  1. The Ten-Year Lunch Wins Documentary Feature: 1988 Oscars
  2. MUBI
  3. "Radio Bikini" on Vimeo
  4. "The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
  5. MOVIE REVIEW: 'Radio Bikini': Documentary With Fallout-LA Times

See also
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