The Manhattan Project in Colour
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The Manhattan Project in Colour

7.0 / 10 2025 47mNR English
Documentary

Storyline

Made to mark the 80th anniversary of the first nuclear weapons being detonated over Japan in August 1945, this documentary uses colourised black and white photographs and reels of film capturing the project that developed the atomic bomb.

Cast & Crew

Tracy-Ann Oberman

Tracy-Ann Oberman

Star

Lead

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jonathan Mayo's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. The Manhattan Project in Colour is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker