I Am Become Death: They Made the Bomb

Featuring interviews with the Manhattan Project scientists who worked alongside Robert Oppenheimer, Arthur MacCaig's documentary I Am Become Death: They Made the Bomb offers firsthand accounts and true insight into the dynamics between those who created the world's very first weapon of mass destruction. In their old age, each reflects on their role, their regrets (few, if any), and their relationship with Oppenheimer himself. Also in this edition of Icarus Films Online: 78 years ago today, the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. Martin Lucas' Hiroshima Bound is a powerful and poetic reflection on America's collective memory of the atomic bombings.