Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes

About Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes

Thirty-six years after the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in Soviet Ukraine, newly uncovered archival footage and recorded interviews with those who were present paint an emotional and gripping portrait of the extent and gravity of the disaster and the lengths to which the Soviet government went to cover up the incident, including the soldiers sent in to “liquidate” the damage. Chernobyl: The…

James Jones's Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes is a 2022 documentary film. Released in February 2022, it runs 96 minutes.

Its themes are disaster, soviet union, nuclear power plant, and nuclear radiation.

Ronald Reagan stars as Self (archive footage), and Mikhail Gorbachev as Self (archive footage). It streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel in the United States.

The Battle of Chernobyl, Back to Chernobyl, and Inside Chernobyl's Mega Tomb make useful companions to Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes, all filed under chernobyl disaster (1986).