SIlkwood was a movie that had to deal with the reality of situations that are still considered problems today. Karen Silkwood worked a a plutonium factory, when the Union was almost gotten rid of Karen and some other people got together to fight to keep the union. So someone is starting to expose Karen to the chemicals, and she was internally as well as externally exposed. There was a plot to killer so she didn't tell the union what the real health conditions were like. So she was suppose to go pick up a New York times reporter and she never made it to the airport. Her car was found in a ditch and they claimed it a one person accident. they still have not found who plotted to kill her or who really did kill her. It will be a mystery until some one wants to come forward and tell the truth about what really happened