by FIlmInk Staff
Amidst growing international tension and conflicts involving nuclear weapon states, a new feature documentary highlighting the global legacy of nuclear testing will make its Australian premiere in Adelaide this week.
Written and directed by award-winning British-Canadian filmmaker, Daniel Everitt-Lock, and made over three years, across five countries, including interviews with over fifty victims, survivors and descendants, ‘Our Planet, The People, My Blood’ (2026, 83 mins) serves as a powerful reminder about the human and environmental consequences of nuclear weapons testing.
Between 1945 and 1996, more than 2,000 nuclear tests were detonated globally, directly exposing Indigenous people, citizens, and military personnel, and contaminating multiple continents. For decades, the physical, psychological and environmental impact of these tests has remained largely absent from public discourse.
The film connects firsthand testimonies from service personnel, First Nations communities, and civilian populations in the Marshall Islands, Australia, the United States, Japan, the UK and beyond—many of whom continue to suffer from cancers, birth defects and generational health conditions. These personal accounts are framed within a broader investigation into government secrecy, institutional denial and the systematic refusal to acknowledge responsibility or provide compensation.
At the centre of the narrative is a landmark legal battle led by nuclear test descendant, Alan Owen, against the UK Ministry of Defence, seeking recognition and justice for affected veterans and communities. The story expands beyond UK borders, revealing how nuclear testing created a global network of victims linked by shared exposure, silence and injustice.
As nuclear tensions and weapons rhetoric return to the global agenda, ‘Our Planet, The People, My Blood’ reframes nuclear testing not as Cold War history, but as an unresolved humanitarian crisis with ongoing political, ethical and public health implications.
Brought to Australia by Nobel Peace Prize–winning organisation, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) the film will have its Australian premiere ahead of the ALP National Conference in Adelaide on the 23rd of July (The Mercury Cinema), followed by a screening in Perth on the 1st of August (The Backlot Perth), alongside the Australian premiere of First We Bombed New Mexico, directed by Lois Lipman (US).
Screening Details:
Including a live panel discussion with Director Daniel Everitt-Lock in conversation with The Hon Melissa Parke, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and former Labor Member for Fremantle, Karina Lester, Yankunytjatjara-Anangu woman, second-generation nuclear test survivor, ambassador for ICAN, and an AUKUS commissioner.
With the Australian Premiere of ‘First We Bombed New Mexico’ (2023, 95 min), directed by Lois Lipman, and including a live panel discussion with: filmmaker, Daniel Everitt-Lock, ICAN Ambassador and nuclear veteran descendant, Maxine Goodwin, The Hon Josh Wilson MP, Federal Member for Fremantle, as well as the Hon Melissa Parke, Executive Director of ICAN International.
