# In the Shadow of Sakharov

Profile of the life of the nuclear physicist who became a human-rights advocate and the father of the Soviet democracy movement. With access to Sakharov's family and friends, the film documents his life, which spanned seven decades of Communist rule in the U.S.S.R., and traces his struggle to teach his country and the world important lessons about the moral power of the human spirit.

- Kind: TV
- Year: 1991
- By: Sherry Jones, Foster Wiley, Wil Lyman, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), Washington Media Associates.
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/IntheShadowofSakharov)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/IntheShadowofSakharov?play=1)