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Based on a true story, Bessie and Josephine are sisters employed at American Radium, where they paint glow-in-the-dark watch dials at a New Jersey factory. They take pride in their jobs and Bessie dreams of becoming an actress in the new motion picture industry and having crowds of adoring fans. However, when her younger sister Josephine becomes ill, the sisters uncover the unknown truth about radium: it's a deadly poison. With Jo's life dwindling, just as those of her former colleagues have, Bessie becomes determined to bring the horrors of radium poisoning to light and take down American Radium and fights not only for her sister, but also for the rest of the women around her; she becomes a powerful advocate as she risks everything to stand up to the corporation that provides her family's livelihood.
- Year2020
- Runtime102 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- RatingNot Rated
- DirectorLydia Dean Pilcher, Ginny Mohler
- ScreenwriterGinny Mohler, Brittany Shaw
- ProducerLydia Dean Pilcher, Emily McEvoy
- Executive ProducerLily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, Jayne Baron Sherman, Willette Klausner, Harriet Leve
- CastJoey King, Abby Quinn, Cara Seymour
- CinematographerMathieu Plainfossé
- EditorGiacomo Ambrosini
- Production DesignEmmeline Wilks-Dupoise
- ComposerLillie Rebecca McDonough
- MusicLinda Cohen
** Our registration process has changed** You must now log in to your AARP.org account in order to register for an AARP Movies for Grownups screening.
- When you click register, it will prompt you to either: log into your AARP.org account, verify your AARP.org account or create an AARP.org account.
- If you do not have an AARP.ORG account, you can create one for free!
- AARP membership is NOT required to create an account.
- Your Eventive account will no longer be accepted for Movies for Grownups screenings.
Based on a true story, Bessie and Josephine are sisters employed at American Radium, where they paint glow-in-the-dark watch dials at a New Jersey factory. They take pride in their jobs and Bessie dreams of becoming an actress in the new motion picture industry and having crowds of adoring fans. However, when her younger sister Josephine becomes ill, the sisters uncover the unknown truth about radium: it's a deadly poison. With Jo's life dwindling, just as those of her former colleagues have, Bessie becomes determined to bring the horrors of radium poisoning to light and take down American Radium and fights not only for her sister, but also for the rest of the women around her; she becomes a powerful advocate as she risks everything to stand up to the corporation that provides her family's livelihood.
- Year2020
- Runtime102 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- RatingNot Rated
- DirectorLydia Dean Pilcher, Ginny Mohler
- ScreenwriterGinny Mohler, Brittany Shaw
- ProducerLydia Dean Pilcher, Emily McEvoy
- Executive ProducerLily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, Jayne Baron Sherman, Willette Klausner, Harriet Leve
- CastJoey King, Abby Quinn, Cara Seymour
- CinematographerMathieu Plainfossé
- EditorGiacomo Ambrosini
- Production DesignEmmeline Wilks-Dupoise
- ComposerLillie Rebecca McDonough
- MusicLinda Cohen