“First We Bombed New Mexico,” an award-winning feature documentary by Lois Lipman, is the untold story of Trinity, the world’s first nuclear bomb detonated in New Mexico one month before the bombing of Hiroshima.
Lois Lipman’s documentary is a story of government betrayal with tragic consequences. Thousands of New Mexicans – mostly Hispanic and Native American – were exposed to catastrophic levels of radioactive fallout. They were never warned, never acknowledged and never helped afterwards. Generations of cancers followed.
New Mexico cancer survivor, Tina Cordova, catalyzed a movement seeking compensation for families – mostly Hispanic and Native – who suffer multigenerational cancers tied to that bomb – and who continue to be ignored. The documentary is a witness to the people’s narrative for voices not heard.
Following the film, there will be a question and answer period with the director Lois Lipman and John Mckiernan-González, Director of the Center for the Study of the Southwest at TXST.
Tickets are $9 and available at secure.affinipay. com/pages/firsttuesdaysmtx/ payment. Doors open at 6:15 p.m, complementary pizza and drinks served from 6:30 p.m., and the film starts at 7.
The Price Center is located at 222 W. San Antonio St. in San Marcos. For more information about First Tuesday SMTX, visit firsttuesdaysmtx.com.
