The ultimate workplace drama—except the office made weapons that ended a war.
The personalities behind the creation of the world's first atomic bomb were as extraordinary, and often as explosive, as the science they were working in. This is the inside-the-barbed-wire story of the men and women who worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. Through first-hand accounts and never-before-seen interviews, this documentary looks inside the atomic insiders' hearts and minds, their triumphs and failures, their bravery in the face of paralyzing fear and, ultimately, their war-winning and world-changing accomplishments.
Direction
Tight 60-minute runtime respects your time and terror.
Editing
Never-before-seen archival interviews feel freshly unearthed.
Director
Domenic Mastrippolito
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Los Alamos was so secret that incoming workers were told to tell family they'd 'won a contest' for a free ranch vacation.
Released eight years before Nolan's Oppenheimer, this doc shares source interviews with several figures portrayed in that film—watch them back-to-back for fascinating compare-and-contrast.
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