USA/1981/2007 | Dir: Jon Else (Total running time 180 min.) 

A timely double-feature of two Jon Else films with the development of the atomic bomb at the center.
Jon Else’s Oscar®-nominated 1981 documentary The Day After Trinity tells the story of the Manhattan Project, and J. Robert Oppenheimer’s race to create the world’s first nuclear weapon, both to end WW2 and beat the Russians to the finish line. 

Through enthralling interviews with Manhattan Project scientists, as well as archival footage depicting Oppenheimer’s rise and fall, you’ll meet the real people being portrayed in this summer’s blockbuster.

Also on this special double-feature: Else’s 2007 Wonders are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic, a witty and revealing documentary on the creative process behind Doctor Atomic, composer John Adams’ opera about Oppenheimer, directed by Peter Sellars, with a world premiere in 2005 by the San Francisco Opera.

“Wonders are Many is a dazzling case of the right filmmaker attached to the right subject.” —Robert Koehler, Variety