Radium City
Directed by Carole Langer1987 1h 45mDocumentary
8.85.8
Industrial tragedy in 1920s Ottawa exposes radium poisoning of female workers who licked paintbrushes. Interviews with survivors detail their medical ordeals and struggle for justice amid bureaucracy and uncertainty over the death toll.
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- RazorbitzFebruary 22, 2025A daunting tale of horror from a not-so bygone time documenting one of the numerous follies early 1900s America inflicted upon the working class and how those responsible never suffered a lick of karma. Radium City does a great job capturing the eras and illustrating the many layers of injustice at the root of the tale, and the ecological nightmare that still lingers, yet a hundred years on and the lessons taught by these events still haven't been learned. Brutally tragic but shouldn't be missed.
Radium City Trivia
Radium City was released on September 26, 1987.
Radium City was directed by Carole Langer.
Radium City has a runtime of 1h 45m.
Radium City was produced by Carole Langer.
Industrial tragedy in 1920s Ottawa exposes radium poisoning of female workers who licked paintbrushes. Interviews with survivors detail their medical ordeals and struggle for justice amid bureaucracy and uncertainty over the death toll.
The key characters in Radium City are Self (Marie Becker Rossiter), Self (Charlotte Nevins Purcell).
Radium City is a Documentary film.
Radium City has an audience rating of 8.8 out of 10.