Oakland, CA – November 1, 2021 – Director Nick Lyell releases False Alarm, his independent feature documentary debut, which chronicles the surreal, traumatic, and revelatory fallout from the morning when everyone on Hawai’i thought a nuclear missile was imminent.
“I’m excited to share ‘False Alarm’ with a streaming audience. This compelling story of a state-wide near-death experience in the midst of the beautiful locale of Hawaii allows the personal and political to be explored in-depth and woven together in fascinating ways,” said Director Nick Lyell.
The film streams for one-month only starting November 1 on Vimeo On-Demand
The Official Trailer for False Alarm directed by Nick Lyell
“I sought to make these connections for the audience,” the Director continued, “taking an incisive view beyond the surface level of narrative events that took place, into layers of subtext, tension, doubt, ambiguity, and contradiction through a combination of interviews, archival footage, and quotidian video segments. Ultimately, I aimed to keep the film fast-moving, urgent, and fresh as often as it is somber and thoughtful while communicating with a mainland US audience about the connections that I found, and the wisdom that might come from such diverse perspectives on this harrowing experience.”
At 8:00 am on a Saturday in January of 2018, everyone on the Hawaiian islands received a statewide alert warning of an imminent nuclear missile. With President Trump and Kim Jong-un in the middle of a dangerous escalation, many people prepared for their homes and families to be destroyed in a nuclear apocalypse. 38 minutes later, everyone received a second alert that it was an error. False Alarm follows the stories of seven different individuals’ diverse reactions and reflections on those 38 minutes. 38 minutes which opens a window into the hope of resistance and tragedy of acceptance of militarism, colonialism, and nuclear weapons.
Tell us what you think of False Alarm, Documentary by Nick Lyell – The False Missile Alert in Hawaii. What are you thinking? What more information do you need? Do you have any suggestions? Or did this help you? Let’s have your comments below and/or on Facebook or Instagram! Or join me on Twitter.
Follow Nick Lyell on Social Media
Website
IMDb
Instagram
Twitter
Vimeo
MORE STORIES FOR YOU
In Conversation with Michael Oblowitz Director of Confidential Informant
Confidential Informant stars Mel Gibson, Dominic Purcell, and Kate Bosworth
