Paranoia City: Atomic Dreams & Cold War Nightmares

Paranoia City: Atomic Dreams & Cold War Nightmares is a documentary film directed by Bja Samuel.

The creation of the atomic bomb did not only unleash a destructive force—it transformed the imagination of the nation that made it, haunting its collective mind and giving rise to dreams and nightmares. PARANOIA CITY is a feature-length (54min) archival essay film exploring the Atomic Age through nuclear test footage, government civil defence films, Cold War propaganda, and 1950s science fiction cinema.