National Geographic: American Blackout

My favorite line in the movie was when a NY couple who was stranded in their high rise apt voiced her appeal by saying "Why aren't they helping us?" It clearly is the mindset that govt or other entities will always exits in a crisis. Something of this magnitude, when the whole nation is dark, spells disaster for those unprepared for the duration. People always think we will have police protection 24/7 or that food banks, grocery stores and pharmacies have limitless supplies on hand. The way people think in this day and age with all the entitlements and false belief in their own self- importance will suffer the most. History and human nature never change not matter how civilized we think we have become. Get this movie, show it to you family and friends and then think of ways to endure through a crisis, because it is not far fetched. Think of the collapse of the financial system in this country, which is very likely considering what we have done with out of control spending. It is more than likely going to happen--what are you going to do???

Excellent movie. Government knows about EMPand cyber attack but refuses to do anything to prepare for it. Refuses to inform citizens! Only thing that wasn’t realistic was other nations coming to our rescue. We will be on our own for quite a while.

Great product, will help the viewer to be more prepared for what is coming to not just our country, but world wide!We could have an EMP and we would never recover from it, we should all read the book"one Second After" and realize that we have so little time to prepare for what is just around the corner.Keep the DVD'S coming, they are a God send. [email protected]

Excellent documentary about what would happen if the lights went out - and stayed out! It is particularly current as cyber threats become increasingly possible. American Blackout is a docudrama showing people in various situations, some very tenuous, as they cope with the wide ramifications of a power outage. In addition, National Geographic have added a bonus program on Doomsday Preppers. Were the preppers right after all? You may answer "Yes" after watching! Highly recommended!

It's worth a look for educational purposes and it drives home the point of assuming some personal responsibility for one's own safety and security. I can't remember how many times I've turned on the news and some unfortunate family is talking to a news reporter about how suddenly the (insert natural disaster here) had taken them by surprise and how unprepared they were to deal with it's aftermath. What always strikes me as odd is the disasters are usually the ones that come around every year on the east coast, they're periodic, fairly common and anyone who watches the news on a fairly regular basis would know about these things days, hours or minutes in advance.Power outages are pretty common, you would think people would prepare ahead of time for the occasional outage. Emergency light sources, keeping extra canned goods on hand (many other storage methods), storing extra water and not just relying on the tap, keeping a comprehensive first aid kit and any specialty medicines in good supply. As for personal security, it's up to you (your choice). Finally, communications other than your smart phone which becomes pretty dumb very fast in such times, again many different choices here also, HAM radio comes to mind.American Blackout is a call to action for personal preparedness in the event of a cyber attack against the American power grid, it's educational, thought provoking and tries to wake people up to their need to take a little responsibility for there own safety in such events. Four stars!

It's a good reminder of how bad things truly could get if we ever lost our power grid. If you thought the COVID lockdown was bad, imagine if this happened on top of it. The worst part is that it still could.

Fairly realistic to show how quickly people would turn into animals if they didn't have access to things we take for granted like groceries, water, power etc. Also shows how un-prepared some people are these days. An excellent watch if you want to see what COULD happen and maybe open your eyes to some things that you are not ready for.And for God's sake no one should buy $17 an ounce swordfish...... bloody rich whiners :)

The premise is an extended power outage in the US. The story follows several individuals as they cope with the outage in different ways.Given the real examples of outages in the North East, I think their timeline for rioting to begin is optimistic. Otherwise, I feel the portrayals are fairly accurate.I heard about the Nat Geo special and tracked down when it would be running again. After watching, I had to get the DVD.

great film very realist