
Based on true events of the 1920’s, Radium Girls stars Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Joey King (“The Act,”, The Kissing Booth) and Abby Quinn (“I’m Thinking of Ending Thing,” “Landline”) as Bessie and Jo Cavallo. The teen sisters dream of Hollywood and Egyptian pyramids as they paint glow-in-the-dark watch dials at the American Radium factory in New Jersey.
When Jo loses a tooth, Bessie’s world is turned upside down as a mystery slowly unravels. Bessie befriends two young activists and in a radical coming of age, she investigates a corporate scandal. Bessie and the “Radium Girls” file a lawsuit against American Radium. The notorious case ultimately led to a lasting impact in the area of workplace health and safety as well as the study of radioactivity.
- Year2018
- Runtime103 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereTribeca Film Festival
- RatingNot Rated
- DirectorLydia Dean Pilcher, Ginny Mohler
- ScreenwriterGinny Mohler, Brittany Shaw
- ProducerLydia Dean Pilcher, Emily McEvoy
- Executive ProducerLily Tomlin, Harriet Newman Leve, Jane Wagner, Jayne Baron Sherman, Willette Klausner
- Co-ProducerSamudrika Arora, Stina Hamlin
- CastJoey King, Abby Quinn, Colby Minifie, Cara Seymour, Susan Heyward, Scott Shepherd, Veanne Cox, Joe Grifasi, Neal Huff, Collin Kelly-Sordelet
- CinematographerMathieu Plainfossé
- EditorGiacomo Ambrosini
- Production DesignEmmeline E. Wilks-Dupoise
- ComposerLillie Rebecca McDonough
Based on true events of the 1920’s, Radium Girls stars Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Joey King (“The Act,”, The Kissing Booth) and Abby Quinn (“I’m Thinking of Ending Thing,” “Landline”) as Bessie and Jo Cavallo. The teen sisters dream of Hollywood and Egyptian pyramids as they paint glow-in-the-dark watch dials at the American Radium factory in New Jersey.
When Jo loses a tooth, Bessie’s world is turned upside down as a mystery slowly unravels. Bessie befriends two young activists and in a radical coming of age, she investigates a corporate scandal. Bessie and the “Radium Girls” file a lawsuit against American Radium. The notorious case ultimately led to a lasting impact in the area of workplace health and safety as well as the study of radioactivity.
- Year2018
- Runtime103 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereTribeca Film Festival
- RatingNot Rated
- DirectorLydia Dean Pilcher, Ginny Mohler
- ScreenwriterGinny Mohler, Brittany Shaw
- ProducerLydia Dean Pilcher, Emily McEvoy
- Executive ProducerLily Tomlin, Harriet Newman Leve, Jane Wagner, Jayne Baron Sherman, Willette Klausner
- Co-ProducerSamudrika Arora, Stina Hamlin
- CastJoey King, Abby Quinn, Colby Minifie, Cara Seymour, Susan Heyward, Scott Shepherd, Veanne Cox, Joe Grifasi, Neal Huff, Collin Kelly-Sordelet
- CinematographerMathieu Plainfossé
- EditorGiacomo Ambrosini
- Production DesignEmmeline E. Wilks-Dupoise
- ComposerLillie Rebecca McDonough