Chilling Trailer For The HBO Feature Documentary CHERNOBYL: THE LOST TAPES
We all know that what happened at Chernobyl in 1986 was a complete shit show. There have been a lot of disturbing details revealed over the years, and there is still new chilling information finally being brought into the light 36 years later.
HBO has released the trailer for a new feature documentary titled Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes, and it features never-before-seen footage that was hidden from the public all these years. This footage includes haunting new details on what was really happening after the explosion and the lies that were being told to everyone.
Here are the details that were shared about the doc:
Thirty-six years after the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in Soviet Ukraine, newly uncovered archival footage and recorded interviews with those who were present paint an emotional and gripping portrait of the extent and gravity of the disaster and the lengths to which the Soviet government went to cover up the incident, including the soldiers sent in to "liquidate" the damage. CHERNOBYL: THE LOST TAPES is the full, unvarnished true story of what happened in one of the least understood tragedies of the twentieth century.
This powerful, and at times, graphic film tells the story of the disaster and its far-reaching ripple effects entirely through extraordinary, immersive footage, shot on site in the hours, days, weeks and months following the accident. Russian-speaking British filmmaker James Jones uncovered a wealth of never-before-seen footage from a range of sources, which reveal the chilling consequences of the explosion. As soldiers, pilots and miners were called in to help contain the radiation at huge personal risk, the Soviet government continued to deny and distort the enormity of the situation. Deeply personal witness testimony helps contextualize the tragedy by providing an overview of life in Chernobyl before the meltdown and its harrowing aftermath. Government propaganda films illustrate the Soviet Union's pride in its nuclear program and contemporaneous news reports show President Gorbachev's delayed and misleading announcements to his countrymen.
The events at Chernobyl transformed the lives of millions of people. It is estimated that more than 200,000 people died as a result of the accident, yet the official Soviet reckoning was just 31. The mishandling of the disaster sparked distrust in the authorities, and ultimately contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union itself, while also eerily echoing the misinformation and distortion that remain today. As the Ukrainian people once more battle a powerful, autocratic state to their east, CHERNOBYL: THE LOST TAPES highlights the true scope of this decades-old, cataclysmic event.
The documentary features interviews with Ihor Hodosov, a miner; Ihor Pismenskiy, a helicopter pilot; Oleksandr Sirota, a ten-year-old schoolboy; Lyudmila Ignatenko, whose husband was a first responder; Nikolai Tarakanov, a Russian general; Oleksiy Breus, a Chernobyl engineer; Ihor Yatskiv and Nikolai Kaplin, liquidators; and Yuri Samoilenko, Deputy Chief Engineer of Chernobyl Power Plant.
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes is directed by British filmmaker James Jones (On The President's Orders, The Riots, and Mosul). The movie will stream on HBO Max starting June 22nd, 2022.
