Containment interweaves the stories of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan; the Savannah River Site’s ongoing cleanup in Aiken, South Carolina; and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant controversial establishment in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The radioactive byproducts of nuclear energy and weaponry pose profound practical and philosophical conundrums for those trying to shield us from toxicity. These three linked chronicles allow for both plainspoken doubts and official bromides, tempered by the wry optimism of professional futurists whose timelines into the future match the half-lives of dangerous particles. How should we protect yet-to-come humans on earth and any possible visitors from outer space? The futurists’ scenarios delight, inform, and add depth to the film in unexpected ways. On the ground, local wisdom, such as thoughts from an Aiken pastor or a Japanese folktale of how a village leader saved his community from a tsunami, resonate far from home.  NK