The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

"On November 13, 1974, Karen Silkwood, an employee of a nuclear facility, left to meet with a reporter from the New York Times. She never got there."

Credits

Mike NicholsDirector

Meryl StreepKaren Silkwood

Kurt RussellDrew Stephens

CherDolly Pelliker

Craig T. NelsonWinston