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First We Bombed New Mexico
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 7:00 PM EDT
American University - Center for Environmental Filmmaking
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Co-presented with the Center for Environmental Filmmaking at American University


Followed by a conversation with filmmaker Lois Lipman and film subject Tina Cordova, moderated by Maggie Burnette Stogner (Executive Director, Center for Environmental Filmmaking).








First We Bombed New Mexico

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First We Bombed New Mexico follows Hispanic cancer survivor Tina Cordova who has catalyzed a movement seeking justice for forgotten residents of southern New Mexico. These, (mostly Hispanic and Native ) Americans suffer multigenerational cancers which they tie to the poisoning of their land and water by the Trinity Bomb.


This is the story that Oppenheimer doesn’t tell. Tina discovers that Manhattan Project physicians had urged General Groves to evacuate residents before the blast. Concerns about litigation trumped citizen health.

Tina also discovers that baby deaths in New Mexico spiked directly after the blast.


Citizens downwind of nuclear tests in other states have received reparations from Congress since 1990.

Tina's goal is to have Congress extend the act before it expires in June so Hispanic and Native American New Mexicans, the original downwinders, also receive compensation.

Showings
Tue, Mar 26th, 7:00 PM @ American University - Center for Environmental Filmmaking (SOLD OUT)
  • Year:
    2023
  • Runtime:
    95 minutes
  • Country:
    USA
  • Premiere:
    D.C. Premiere
  • Director:
    Lois Lipman
American University - Center for Environmental Filmmaking
The Malsi Doyle and Michael Forman Theater (Second floor) Closest Metrorail: Tenleytown-AU Station
201 McKinley Building, 4400 Massachusetts
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
March 26, 2024, 7:00 - 9:00 PM EDT