D: Robert Kenner | USA | 92 min | ARKANSAS PREMIERE
A chilling nightmare plays out at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Arkansas in September 1980 when a worker accidentally drops a socket, puncturing the fuel tank of an intercontinental ballistic missile carrying the most powerful nuclear warhead in the U.S. arsenal. The incident ignites a series of frantic efforts to avoid a deadly disaster. Command and Control is a white-knuckle telling of this long-hidden story as eyewitness accounts – from the man who dropped the socket, to the man who designed the warhead, to the Secretary of Defense – chronicle nine hours of terror that prevented an explosion 600 times more powerful than Hiroshima.
Opening Night ticket includes admission to Red Carpet Popcorn & Champagne Event and Opening Night Film Command and Control. The film’s Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning director Robert Kenner (Food, Inc.) will attend, as well as best-selling author Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation, Command and Control), along with producer Melissa Robledo and PBS American Experience Producer Mark Samels. Featured subjects Greg Devlin, a survivor of the explosion, and Skip Rutherford, current Dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service (UACS), will join the Q & A following the screening, along with others who were present that day in Damascus.
Mingle at the Opening Night After-Party with visiting filmmakers and noted guests of the opening weekend lineup, as well as the Honorary Co-Chairs of the 25th Anniversary Festival, industry legends Louis Gossett, Jr. and Beau Bridges. Catered by Hot Springs’ famous McClard's BBQ and offering open bar, the party is hosted at the historic Mountain Valley Spring Water Headquarters and features the sounds of TwiceSax performed live.
After Party sponsored by the Arkansas Times
Event planning by Signature Events
