The new Brazilian drama on Netflix, Radioactive Emergency, is a fictionalized account of a real-life 1987 radiological accident in the city of Goiânia. Four people died, but health officials examined over 110,000 people and found over 240 were contaminated. How this happened, and what the response was, are explored in the series.
Opening Shot: Two young guys push a wheelbarrow down a street as they talk about things young guys talk about. “Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. September 13, 1987.”
The Gist: The boys approach an abandoned clinic, and one points out to the other the bulbous device on the ground that he had spotted earlier. He thinks it’s full of lead and will fetch a lot of money from Evenildo (Bukassa Kabengele), the junk dealer they sell to. They pull the canister out of the device.
Five days later, Evenildo buys it, and has the bottom part removed by his workers.
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