Must See Trailer for Atomic Bomb Espionage Doc 'A Compassionate Spy'

"Something gruesome & horrible was being constructed." Magnolia Pictures has revealed an official trailer for an acclaimed documentary film titled A Compassionate Spy, made by the award-winning Chicago-based doc filmmaker Steve James (who's best known for Hoop Dreams, Life Itself about Roger Ebert, The Interrupters, Abacus: Small Enough to Jail). This premiered at the 2022 Venice Film Festival last year, and ended up being one of my favorite films of the festival. A Compassionate Spy tells the incredible story of Manhattan Project scientist Ted Hall, who shared classified nuclear secrets with Russia. Hall is interviewed extensively, along with his wife Joan Hall, and courageously tells his story in this. It's a very sensitive topic, especially nowadays, but fascinating to dig into - he was one of a few people who had worked on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos and shared its secrets to the Russians. He thought it would be wrong for America to be the only country with this extraordinary power. Does he regret this knowing what Russia became? You have to watch this doc when it opens in August to find out what he really thinks. This is highly recommend by me. // Continue Reading ›

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