SALA News:

SALA will be hosting a virtual Q&A 11:30 a.m. to noon today, April 11 with filmmaker Larry L. Sheffield ahead of the world premiere of his film “Oppenheimer After Trinity”.

Sheffield will be joined by Allan Saenz, owner of SALA Los Alamos Event Center, the venue for the world premiere of Sheffield’s new film April 22.  

Register here. (Zoom link provided upon registration)

A native New Mexican and a descendant of a Manhattan Project worker, Sheffield brings vital insight to his upcoming film, “Oppenheimer After Trinity”, which will be premiered April 22 in Los Alamos at the SALA Event Center.

As Los Alamos and the rest of the world prepare for the global premiere of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer”, Sheffield’s documentary provides a unique, local lens to explore events that occurred immediately after the testing of the world’s first atomic bomb in July of 1945.

The thought-provoking and insightful documentary offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the mind of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the moments leading up to and following the first atomic bomb test in the New Mexico desert. The film features rare footage and photographs, along with compelling testimony from Dr. Oppenheimer’s grandson, Charles Oppenheimer. The official premiere of “Oppenheimer After Trinity” will take place April 22, J. Robert Oppenheimer’s birthday.

Sheffield’s first film, “Alamogordo, Center of the World, Trinity 1945,” won recognition in four film festivals. His second film, “Oppenheimer After Trinity” has been officially selected by four film festivals to be considered for best documentary.