American Prometheus

Institute History

  • 2011 Sloan Science-in-Film Initiative Commissioning Grant

Description

American Prometheus tells the story of the McCarthy-era persecution and destruction of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, for his postwar opposition to the arms race. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin.

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