Saturday Night at the Movies: The Babushkas of Chernobyl

This is a documentary about a community of women who moved back to the radioactive Dead Zone surrounding Chernobyl’s Reactor No. 4, some of the most toxic land on Earth. Why the film’s central characters, Hanna Zavorotyna, Maria Shovkuta, and Valentyna Ivanivna, chose to return after the disaster, defying the authorities and endangering their health, is a remarkable tale about the pull of home, the healing power of shaping one’s destiny and the subjective nature of risk. The Library closes at 5 PM on Saturday. Seating for the movie will begin at 7:30 PM through the Library lobby. Free and open to the public.