Synopsis:

Showed in the Channel 4 Banned season, this film reveals for the first time the true depths of the tragedy at Chernobyl through exclusive archival film and eyewitness accounts and the continuing human costs.

It investigates the rising incidence of birth defects and cancer in children, and reveals how ordinary people were placed in danger through lack of information, while officials quickly evacuated their own families. A story of deception and cover-up on a grand scale, the film is a probing look at those who pay the price for the folly of their government.