Caught in a “mousetrap”: An analysis of the relationship of the local population with the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in film and television productions (1990–2021) by Claudia Fiorito

“… The release of the television series Chernobyl (HBO, Sky Atlantic 2019) drew renewed attention to the tragedy, its locations, and the affected population, generating new productions in Russia, such as the film Chernobyl: Abyss (Danila Kozlovskij, 2021), explicitly made in response to the Western series, signalling a desire to re-appropriate the narrative of the disaster and its territories. …”
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