Rebecca Cammisa’s Atomic Homefront and Tommy Haines, John Richard & Andrew Sherburne’s Saving Brinton are among the three documentary world premieres at the American Film Institute’s AFI Docs festival.
Cammisa’s 96-minute feature focuses on a large landfill containing radioactive waste and an underground fire that is threatening homes, health and lives in two St. Louis communities, while Saving Brinton (pictured) centers on a small-town historian setting out to restore and exhibit his treasure trove of newsreels, home movies and lost films.
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