Pictured at Northern New Mexico College during the question and answer period following the film are, from left, moderator Nathana Byrd, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders and Lois Lipman, the producer of ‘First We Bombed New Mexico’. The film is a documentary, directed by Emmy Award-winner Lois Lipman, which sheds light on the untold story of the Trinity nuclear test and its devastating impact on the lives of thousands of New Mexicans, primarily in Hispanic and Native American communities. It was shown in Los Alamos at the SALA Event Center last year. Read more about the downwinders at https://losalamosreporter.com/2024/08/21/oppenheimer-festival-event-centers-around-lois-lipmans-award-winning-documentary-film-first-we-bombed-new-mexico/ Photo by Maire O’Neill/losallamosreporter.com
A group gathered for a chat about outreach for the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium following the showing of ‘First We Bombed New Mexico’. Courtesy photo
Emmy-award winning producer Lois Lipman, far left, chats with Northern New Mexico film students Athena Grace Martinez and Daisy Martinez. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, chats with Gilbert Sanchez, former Governor of the Pueblo de San Ildefonso following the Northern New Mexico College showing of the documentary ‘First We Bombed New Mexico’. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Los Alamos Reporter Maire O’Neill, center, and Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, speak with Bernice Gutierrez, a member of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium steering committee. She was born in Carrizozo, and was 8 days old when the Trinity test bomb was detonated 35 miles away. Some 25 of her relatives have been diagnosed with cancer, several of them with multiple bouts. Gutierrez believes these cancers are being passed down through her family. Courtesy photo
Event moderator Nathana Byrd, far right, with former Pueblo de San Ildefonso Governor Gilbert Sanchez and Tina Cordova. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com