Documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy’s “Indian Point:
Imagining the Imaginable” is getting some publicity in advance of its
premiere on HBO tomorrow. It has to do with the vulnerability to terrorists
of the Indian Point nuclear power plant on the Hudson just north of New York
City. Entergy, the company that owns Indian Point, feels sucker-punched by
the film. According to the company, representatives of Ms. Kennedy’s
production company never told Entergy in initial interviews that the film
would have any connection to the environmental group Riverkeeper, nor its
director Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — the brother of the filmmaker. An Entergy
representative tells me that the company confronted Ms. Kennedy about the
fact that she didn’t disclose her close personal relationship with
Riverkeeper in their negotiations, she told the company that her brother
wouldn’t be involved in reviewing or promoting the documentary.
Well: a screening and reception scheduled for Washington tonight invites
guests “to join Rory Kennedy and RFK, Jr.” for the party. Sounds like
Entergy made the right decision not to participate in the making of this
film.