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Pretend You'll Survive
Nuclear nightmares realised in cartoon form by a Yorkshire womenβs collective that advocates protest over pointless preparation
Overview
Protect and survive? This activist cartoon from a Yorkshire womenβs collective argues that the Governmentβs public information message on preparation for a nuclear attack is just a pretence. The only way to survive was to protest against such an outcome ever happening. The film also make a connection with the potential for an environmental catastrophe through the use of nuclear power.
The roots of the Leeds Animation Workshop began in 1976 when a group of women came together to make Who Needs Nurseries? - We Do! Over forty years on and they are still going as an all womenβs co-operative, releasing They Call Us Maids: The Domestic Workers' Story in 2015.
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