The Day After

Set against the backdrop of heightened Cold War tensions in the mid-1980s, this poignant drama narrates the experiences of ordinary individuals living in a small Kansas town. The impending threat of nuclear war lingers over their daily lives as they go about their routines - Dr. Russell Oakes attends to patients at his hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her wedding, and Stephen Klein focuses on his graduate studies. As the unimaginable unfolds and nuclear devastation strikes, these townspeople are abruptly propelled into the harsh reality of a post-apocalyptic world, grappling with the profound consequences of warfare's darkest side.