Article by Irene Nexica.
Last updated at Wed, 24 Feb at 5:03pm.

Seven years in the making, Oakland filmmaker M.T. Silvia has nearly completed Atomic Mom, an understated rumination on the U.S. nuclear program during WWII examined largely through the experience of two women: Silvia’s mother, a biologist who studied the effects of radiation in Nevada for the Navy, and a Japanese woman who survived the attack on Hiroshima to become a peace activist.