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201949 minPGdocumentary

7.7/ 10(10 ratings)• TMDB

The Real Chernobyl

201949 minPGdocumentary

7.7/ 10(10 ratings)• TMDB

Explore the lives shaped by the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine.

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Stephanie Degroote

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Explore the lives shaped by the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine.

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Stephanie Degrootedirector

Diana Magnay

Diana Magnaycast

Sergei Parashincast

Oleksiy Breuscast

Synopsis

This special documentary heads to Ukraine to meet some of the people involved in dealing with the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986.

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