The Secret and the Sacret – Two Worlds at Los Alamos

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  • Germany Los Alamos und die Erben der Bombe
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Germany, 2001, 45 min

Directed by:

Claus Biegert

Screenplay:

Claus Biegert

Cinematography:

Christoph Wirsing
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Hidden in the mountains of Northern New Mexico lies the birthplace of the Atomic Age: The Los Alamos National Laboratory. The lab takes up forty-three square miles – indigenous land of the Tewa people, who are today cut off from their traditional shrines of worship: prayer sites are either fenced off or contaminated. The central meeting point for artists and activists is the Black Hole, a former supermarket. From the Black Hole, Ed Grothus, a former laboratory mechanic who became an outspoken pacifist, resells salvage of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. (DOK.fest München)

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