TV series recommendation · 2019
Chernobyl
Craig Mazin · Limited series · 5 episodes
United States · United Kingdom · English
Drama · History
What is Chernobyl about?
Scientists, workers and officials confront the 1986 nuclear disaster while the state struggles to contain both radiation and truth.
Why watch Chernobyl?
A procedural about catastrophe in which every lie creates a physical debt. Its horror comes less from spectacle than from watching institutions punish the people who name reality.
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