25/01/95
Film essay about the moment the world came closest to its end. What sort of weekday would we have entered eternity on?
Wednesday 25 January 1995: a Russian radar station detects an unexpected missile launch; all nuclear missiles automatically go on alert. There are 10 minutes until impact. President Yeltsin is pulled out of a meeting and is handed a black briefcase containing the codes for nuclear retaliation. For the first time in history, this briefcase is opened. With just moments to go, Yeltsin gives the green light for retaliation……
Never in history has humanity come closer to a nuclear holocaust than on that Wednesday in January. But what sort of day would the world have ended on? This film essay gives us a clue, for we cannot come closer to the end without telling the tale.
Film essay/ documentary / 20 min/ Theatrical release Docuzone “Kort & Goed” 2004 / EPTAS “Every picture tells a story” Dutch Filmfund 2003.
National Media Museum Bradford International Film Festival 2004 Shine Competition/ Dutch Filmfestival 2003/
Crew: Camera Rob Hodselmans, Sound Eddy de Cloe, Mix Jeroen Goeijers, Editor Jonathan Mechanicus, Producers Marc Bary & Erik Schut. Supported by the Dutch National Film Fund, Produced by IJswater Films.