‘Honeymoon in Oak Ridge’ by filmmaker Joe Tripician. Courtesy/Tripician
IUFF News:
Emmy-winning filmmaker Joe Tripician delves into the complex legacy of the Manhattan Project in his poignant documentary, “Honeymoon in Oak Ridge”.
The film follows Tripician’s parents, two of the 1,200 Army personnel unknowingly tasked with creating the first atomic bomb during World War II.
In 1998, 53 years after the Hiroshima bombing, Tripician took his parents back to Oak Ridge, Tenn., where their honeymoon coincided with their secret wartime work. Through their recollections and rarely seen historical footage, the film unfolds a narrative of innocence, regret, and the enduring impact of their unwitting contribution to this devastating weapon.
Interwoven with their journey are candid reflections from Tripician’s wife and daughters, examining how the legacy of the Manhattan Project resonates across generations. They grapple with the weight of pride and sorrow, recognizing both the scientific marvel and the unimaginable destruction born within Oak Ridge’s guarded gates.
The Manhattan Project had a profound impact on individuals and generations. It transformed the world into a more dangerous place where a select group of people have the power of gods and where the world’s destruction hangs in the balance.
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About Joe Tripician
Producer, Writer, Director Joe Tripician has received numerous accolades, including the Emmy award for Best Documentary. His work has been exhibited, broadcast, and streamed across America, Europe, and Japan, has shown at the Cannes Film Festival, and is part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. In his varied career, Tripician has worked with such talents as Jim Henson, Lou Reed, Steve Buscemi, Jeff Buckley, Danny Trejo and TONY Award winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
About the International Uranium Film Festival
Founded in 2010 by the Brazilian social scientist Márcia Gomes de Oliveira and the German environmental journalist Norbert G. Suchanek, the International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) is dedicated to all nuclear topics and the entire nuclear fuel chain, from uranium mining to nuclear waste, from nuclear war to nuclear accidents.
Contact
- Uranium Film Festival (IUFF)
Norbert G. Suchanek
uraniofestival@gmail.com+55 21 97207-6704
The IUFF will start in March in Window Rock, the capital of the Navajo (Diné) Nation. Further cities already included are Tucson (AZ), Ashville (NC), Chicago (IL), Spokane (WA), Vancouver in Canada, Seattle & Olympia (WA), Salem (OR), Portland (OR), Irvine (CA), Santa Barbara (CA) and Las Vegas (NV).
For the latest cities and dates: https://uraniumfilmfestival.