RE: RE: "Oppenheimer" - A Historical Biopic that Falls Short of Nuclear Brilliance
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RE: "Oppenheimer" - A Historical Biopic that Falls Short of Nuclear Brilliance

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This film fails to mention the many US victims of Oppenheimer's nuclear experiments. In the area selected to carry out the first test of an atomic bomb in New Mexico indigenous farmers were given 24 hours to leave their land and their livestock was slaughtered by the US army. Then some of the destitute farmers were given work at the Los Alamos nuclear labs and were deliberately exposed to toxic nuclear waste while white workers were given protective suits. Why didn't this film cover this issue? In my mind Oppenheimer was a war criminal who should be forever damned as the man who helped kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people not celebrated.

@saltycat: This film fails | Ecency