Back to Chernobyl

This film takes us back to ground zero to the ghost city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine with survivors of the disaster. A senior engineer who was one of the reactor’s construction team, a hospital maternity doctor, an 11 years old girl who was evacuated from Pripyat, a firefighter at nuclear power plant number 4, and an officer in charge of the radioactive waste removal from the reactor roof are some of the people we follow. We join people that return to their destroyed homes they left behind for the first time. They unfold their personal stories and dive deep into their traumas trying to assemble the big picture of what happened during this historic event and their roles in it. Also known as Chernobyl nuclear disaster liquidators, our heroes stood at the front line of the war against an invisible enemy, testing their courage and humanity, witnessing shocking sights, and risking their lives. They fought - and won, saving the world and Europe from more dire consequences. With stunning never been seen before, archival materials they kept hidden in their homes, this visual, suspenseful, and emotional documentary tells the small intimate stories behind a great historical drama.