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Testament
#1303

Regular price $25.99
Street Date: March 17, 2026

Specifications

Format Blu-ray
Condition New
Label Criterion

Taking a hauntingly intimate approach to an often sensationalized subject, the singular Testament depicts one family’s daily life in the wake of nuclear devastation. After an atomic attack near her small California town, Carol Wetherly (Jane Alexander, in a fearlessly vulnerable, Oscar-nominated performance) must find the strength to care for her three children as the family contend with radiation sickness and the realization that their close-knit community will never be the same. With a diaristic focus on the emotional toll of unimaginable events, director Lynne Littman puts forth a wrenchingly humane vision of what it means to go on living in a shattered world.

  • New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Lynne Littman and director of photography Steven Poster, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • New conversation between Littman and author Sam Wasson
  • Two documentaries by Littman, made in collaboration with anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff: Number Our Days (1976) and In Her Own Time (1985)
  • “Testament” at 20 and Nuclear Thoughts, archival programs featuring interviews with cast and crew members and nuclear-science experts
  • Audio recording of actor Jane Alexander reading the short story “The Last Testament,” on which the film is based
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by author and film curator Michael Koresky

    New cover based on an original theatrical poster