This film is programmed as part of our "Because Science" series, which explores how science, technology, engineering and medicine impact people's everyday lives. In Canada, it is currently more popular than Twins but less popular than I Feel Pretty. The movie has moved down the charts by -50 places since yesterday. Radium Girls is 7134 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. D: Lydia Dean Pilcher & Ginny Mohler, US, 2020, 1h42m Streaming charts last updated: 9:08:48 a.m. This riveting courtroom drama reveals a little-known part of feminist history and a case which made a lasting impact in the area of workplace safety and the study of radioactivity. Outraged when the doctors falsely diagnose Jo with syphilis, Bessie starts investigating whether radium is really as beneficial to everyone as American Radium claims and who among the company's top brass might be trying to cover up the truth. Radium was the latest miracle substance an element that glowed and fizzed, which salesmen promised could extend people's lives, pump up their sex drive and make women more beautiful. Heavily relying on the strength of the original story. Available to the public in Jan 21, you can stream Radium Girls now with The Rangos. From the moment the story swerves to a courtroom, Radium Girls develops a sorely needed pace. Once Jo’s diagnosis of radium poisoning is confirmed by a doctor, investigations begin. Jo is literally glowing with pride after being named employee of the month ― that is, until she loses a tooth and her health starts mysteriously failing. Spotting a pattern in illnesses fallen upon workers of the American Radium factory, Bessie seeks legal help. Since the substance is marketed as a cure-all, Bessie and Jo Cavallo have no concerns as they spend their days painting luminous watch dials at the American Radium factory, daydreaming of Hollywood and Egyptian pyramids. Bessie and Walt fall for each other, each involving the other more and more into each others lives. One day, Bessie meets Walt, a young communist and photographer, who comes to take pictures of the young women at work in the factory. When Jo loses a tooth, Bessies world is turned upside down as a mystery slowly unravels. Both sisters work at American Radium, where they paint watch dials. Based on true events, Radium Girls follows teen sisters, Bessie and Jo Cavallo, who dream of Hollywood and Egyptian pyramids as they paint luminous watch dials at the American Radium factory in New Jersey. ![]() One day, Bessie meets Walt, a young communist and photographer, who comes to take pictures of the young women at work in the factory. Bessie and the Radium Girls decide to take on American Radium. Bessie and Josephine 'Jo' Cavallo are sisters who live with their grandfather in New Jersey. ![]() ![]() Both sisters work at American Radium, where they paint watch dials. It's the roaring twenties, and radium is all the rage thanks to Marie Curie's Nobel Prize-winning discovery in 1910. Bessie and Josephine 'Jo' Cavallo are sisters who live with their grandfather in New Jersey.
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