The Oklahoma Film Exchange and Local Environmental Action Demanded (LEAD) Agency will host a screening of Silkwood followed by a panel discussion at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 701 W. Sheridan Ave. in Oklahoma City.
Admission is donation-based with first-come, first-served seating. Doors open at 5:15 p.m., and the panel discussion will follow the film. The event will explore Oklahoma’s history of nuclear resistance and current nuclear energy issues in the state.
Silkwood is based on the true story of Karen Silkwood, an Oklahoma nuclear whistleblower and union activist at the Kerr-McGee Nuclear Plant in Crescent. Silkwood raised concerns about radiation exposure and safety violations before her death in 1974 at age 28…