Name: NISF X LUMI: Silkwood
Start: 2026-02-12T18:00:00+00:00
Location: Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

Motivated by her union work, Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep) risks her life and job to turn over evidence of a nuclear power plant's safety violations.
Karen Silkwood lives a free-spirited existence with two friends, Drew Stephens (Kurt Russell) and Dolly Pelliker (Cher), who work with her at an Oklahoma nuclear facility. It's only when she discovers she's been exposed to radiation that Karen's conscience awakens, and soon she is digging for evidence of wrongdoing at her company. But her sudden zeal for safer working conditions may come at a high price as she alienates friends and possibly even puts her own life in peril.
Screening as part of NI Science Festival. Established in 2014, NI Science Festival has grown to become the largest celebration of its kind on the island of Ireland and in its relatively short lifespan became one of the leading Science Festivals in the whole of Europe.