On April 26, 1986, there was a catastrophic nuclear accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine rated as the highest severity of level 7. Thirty years after the disaster, there are still ongoing construction projects to confine the disaster within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. A number of Ukrainian filmmakers are in the process of making an interactive documentary titled Chornobyl360 about these ongoing remediation efforts as well as the impact that it’s had on the surrounding area. I had a chance to catch up with producer Kirill Pokutnyy at SVVR to talk about the interactive documentary innovations, the long-term impact of nuclear energy disasters, and creating an empathy piece for the earth.
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There’s an ongoing Kickstart fundraising campaign for Chornobyl360 that is 22% funded with 24 days remaining.