The New Fire
Directed by David Schumacher
USA | 2017 | Documentary | 85 min
Film Source: Filmmaker
In partnership with the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
*Followed by Q&A with Director Schumacher
Nuclear power has been vilified in popular culture and much of the environmental community. Yet some believe that the next-generation reactors currently in development may be key to avoiding global catastrophe due to burning of fossil fuels. Young entrepreneurs heading this energy revolution realize they’re up against more than the climate clock — they need to convince all of us that the “new nuclear” is safe and achievable. The New Fire is bound to stir controversy among both anti- and pro-nuclear power advocates.