"Radium Girls"

I had no idea radium was used in watch faces, and I was particularly shocked to learn that it was used to promote good health and a miracle cure for all sorts of diseases in the 1920s. This movie was a real eye-opener. It's based on the true story of a factory that hired young women to paint watch faces with radium to make them glow. When several of the women get sick and die, they become concerned and decide to take on the company. It's a well written and well acted film, if somewhat predictable. I've seen many social issue movies over the years, but I particularly enjoyed this one.