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BOMBSHELL (wt.) is a feature documentary about the fight to control the narrative of the most significant military event of modern civilization –the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When a handful of brave journalists –among them a Black pool reporter, a Japanese-American staffer, a Japanese photographer, and a magazine freelancer– expose gaps in the official story and vividly report on the human impact, the government fights back, doubling down to burnish its false narrative for decades to come.

BOMBSHELL explores the staying power of narratives, how journalists and others can either deliver or challenge the official storyline, and how a public can convince itself what to believe, despite the evidence. The film fuses strong storytelling, creative visuals, animation and primary sources to breathe fresh dramatic life into its story. It draws on previously unreleased audio recordings, newly digitized archival footage, photographs, and personal diaries.

BOMBSHELL has won development and production grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Writer/Director Ben Loeterman, an award- winning independent filmmaker, has won national Emmy’s for his investigative journalism and ambitious filmmaking.  The New York Times lauds Loeterman for finding
ways to “mesmerizingly recreate and explore” subjects that don’t naturally lend
themselves to a film treatment.

With a target completion date in early 2025, Bombshell’s producers are planning a robust outreach and impact campaign to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 2025.

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