Storyville: The Trials of Oppenheimer

Film documenting the rise and fall of scientist J Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the project that developed the first atomic bomb. He later tried to prevent a nuclear arms race in his role with the Atomic Energy Commision, but his stance made him many political enemies and he was later put on trial for supposed communist sympathies. The events are told through dramatic re-creation and expert testimony, with David Strathairn taking the role of Oppenheimer. Zoe Wanamaker narrates