UW Cinematheque - Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair
Testament | USA| 1983 | 35mm | 89 min. Director: Lynne Littman
Event Details
Date
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Jane Alexander, William Devane, Lukas Haas
In an Oscar-nominated performance, Alexander stars as Carol Wetherly, wife and mother in a close-knit family in a small Northern California town. The Wetherlys lead their ordinary lives until a sudden nuclear attack upends everything. In the aftermath, Carol struggles to maintain her humanity as death, in the form of radiation sickness, invades her community.
In an Oscar-nominated performance, Alexander stars as Carol Wetherly, wife and mother in a close-knit family in a small Northern California town. The Wetherlys lead their ordinary lives until a sudden nuclear attack upends everything. In the aftermath, Carol struggles to maintain her humanity as death, in the form of radiation sickness, invades her community.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email jehealy@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Tuesday, June 16, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.