Seabrook 1977
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| Seabrook 1977 | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Directed by | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers |
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| Editor | Robbie Leppzer |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Production company | Video NewsReal |
| Original release | |
| Release | November 15, 1978 |
Seabrook 1977 is a 1978 American documentary film directed and produced by Robbie Leppzer and Phyllis Joffe. The film chronicles the anti-nuclear protests organized by the Clamshell Alliance against the construction of the Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire, in 1977; over 2,000 protesters occupied the construction site, and 1,414 were arrested and jailed in National Guard armories for two weeks.[1][2]
The documentary features interviews with anti-nuclear activists, as well as local residents, police and National Guard officers, and then-governor of New Hampshire Meldrim Thomson Jr.[1][3] It premiered on the Center for Community Access Television (CCATV) cable television Channel 3 in Amherst, Massachusetts, on November 18, 1978,[4] and was broadcast on PBS on March 20, 1979.[5]
