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Silkwood

Where:

 Oklahoma

When:

 The 1970s

On November 13, 1974, Karen Silkwood, an employee of a nuclear facility, left to meet with a reporter from the New York Times. She never got there. — 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.

Released in 1983 — 131 minutes

Genres:

 Drama Thriller

Language:

 English