“TV’S NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE” a fall 1983 Newsweek cover screamed, as American viewers awaited the long-publicized premiere of a made-for-TV movie depicting an all-out nuclear exchange with the Soviets. The threat of nuclear annihilation loomed, and THE DAY AFTER played on these fears to a staggering 100 million viewers (the largest TV movie audience in history at that point). TELEVISION EVENT tracks the unlikely evolution of this audacious project after it is greenlit by the ABC Network. Director Nicholas Meyer (STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN) combatively, hilariously details a succession of clashes with network executives and censors. THE DAY AFTER so disturbed President Ronald Reagan, it prompted his reversal on the country’s nuclear weapons policy. –Film Forum
UPCOMING SHOWTIMES
| DATE | CITY | CHANNEL | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/08/24 | Des Moines | Iowa Public | 8:00:00 PM |
| 04/09/24 | Des Moines | Iowa Public | 1:00:00 AM |
| 04/24/24 | Los Angeles | PBS SoCal | 8:00:00 PM |
| 04/25/24 | Los Angeles | PBS SoCal | 12:00:00 AM |
| 04/25/24 | Kansas City | KCPT - PBS | 7:00:00 PM |
| 04/26/24 | Kansas City | KCPT - PBS | 10:00:00 PM |
| 04/28/24 | Kansas City | KCPT - PBS2 | 1:00:00 PM |
| 04/28/24 | Kansas City | KCPT - PBS | 4:00:00 PM |
| 04/29/24 | Kansas City | KCPT - PBS2 | 2:00:00 PM |
| 04/30/24 | Kansas City | KCPT - PBS2 | 12:00:00 AM |
| KMOS Warrensburg MO | |||
| 04/14/24 | San Francisco | KQED Plus | 8:00:00 PM |
| 04/15/24 | San Francisco | KQED Plus | 2:00:00 AM |
| 04/18/24 | San Francisco | KQED Plus | 8:45:00 PM |
| 04/19/24 | San Francisco | KQED Plus | 2:45:00 AM |
| KRSU Claremore OK | |||
| 04/14/24 | Spokane | WFPT Spokane WA | 4:00:00 PM |
| 04/14/24 | Spokane | WWPB Spokane WA | 4:00:00 PM |
| 04/15/24 | Spokane | WFPT Spokane WA | 9:00:00 PM |
| 04/16/24 | LOUI Louisiana Public | 10:00:00 PM | |
| 04/14/24 | Baltimore | MARY - MPT | 4:00:00 PM |
| 04/15/24 | Baltimore | MARY - MPT2 | 9:00:00 PM |
| 04/08/24 | Charlotte/Raleigh-Durham | WUNC/NCAR, North Carolina PBS | 8:00:00 PM |
| 04/09/24 | Charlotte/Raleigh-Durham | WUNC/NCAR, North Carolina PBS | 1:00:00 AM |
| 04/09/24 | Charlotte/Raleigh-Durham | WUNC/NCAR, North Carolina PBS | 9:00:00 AM |
| WBGU, Bowling Green OH | |||
| WNEO, Kent OH | |||
| 04/22/24 | Cleveland | WEAO, Cleveland OH | 9:00:00 PM |
| 04/23/24 | Cleveland | WEAO, Cleveland OH | 2:00:00 AM |
| 04/28/24 | Cleveland | WEAO, Cleveland OH | 5:00:00 PM |
| 04/15/24 | Erie | WQLN HDTV | 9:00:00 PM |
| 04/15/24 | Chicago | WTTW | 9:00:00 PM |
| 04/16/24 | Chicago | WTTW - Prime | 12:00:00 PM |
| 04/19/24 | Chicago | WTTW | 4:00:00 AM |
| 04/15/24 | Wyoming | WYOM - KCWC HDTV | 9:00:00 PM |
| 04/16/24 | Wyoming | WYOM - KCWC HDTV | 3:00:00 AM |
| 04/14/24 | Pennsylvania | WGBT Pittsburg | 4:00:00 PM |
| 04/08/24 | South Carolina | WUNF/WUNL Greenville-Spartanburg/ Greensboro | 8:00:00 PM |
| 04/09/24 | South Carolina | WUNF/WUNL Greenville-Spartanburg/ Greensboro | 1:00:00 AM |
| 04/09/24 | South Carolina | WUNF/WUNL Greenville-Spartanburg/ Greensboro | 9:00:00 AM |
| 04/22/24 | Nebraska | KBIN Omaha | 10:00:00 PM |
PAST CINEMA SCREENINGS
NEW YORK
- Film Forum (New York, NY)
- George Eastman Museum (Dryden Theatre, Rochester, NY)
- Cinema Arts Center, Huntington
- North Shore Towers Cinema, Queens, NY
- Time and Space Cinema, Hudson, NY
LOS ANGELES
NANTUCKET
- Nantucket Dreamland
NEW ORLEANS
- Zeitgeist Theater
REVIEWS
AWARDS
FESTIVAL DU CINéMA AMéRICAIN DE DEAUVILLE
PYEONGCHANG INTERNATIONAL PEACE FILM FESTIVAL
INTERNATIONAL URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL
CINEMA FOR PEACE FOUNDATION
TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
RIVERRUN FILM FESTIVAL
SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL
SIDEWALK FILM FESTIVAL
FOOTCANDLE FILM FESTIVAL
FULL FRAME
NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL
HOT SPRINGS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
ATOM AWARDS
PHILADEPHIA FILM FESTIVAL
My team produced this film in the hopes of waking up the public, so we don’t sleepwalk into the apocalypse. The Day After proved that, however polarized we may be ideologically, we can still come together, inform ourselves, and act to prevent the obscene devastation caused by nuclear weapons." - Director, Jeff Daniels