. The filmmaker learned of Richland’s history after shooting an interview in the town for“While a number of journalists, writers, and anti-nuclear activists have taken on the Hanford story,” Lusztig writes in a director’s statement, “it is often told through an investigative lens where the aim is to expose and criticize the nuclear weapons industry.
As I embarked on a multi-year process of patient relationship-building and community listening in Richland, I didn’t want to shy away from the tremendous environmental and human costs of nuclear arms manufacturing, but, at the same time, I also wanted to represent the stories of Hanford workers— people whose politics often diverge drastically from my own—with dignity and generous listening.”will screen two additional times at Tribeca – on Monday, June 12 and Wednesday, June 14.