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The remains of the Hiroshima Dome stands as a symbol of the devastating humanitarian impact of the nuclear bomb. The Nuclear World Project’s goal with the production of the third documentary entitled In Search of Resolution is a continuing exploration into the future, not to predict what will happen, rather to profile individuals and organizations finding new ways to move the world away from the dangers of the most destructive weapon ever invented.

Synopsis

On the 16th of July 1945 at 5:26 am, in southern New Mexico, the test explosion of “Trinity”, marked the beginning of the Nuclear Age, followed just three weeks later by two atomic bombs “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing over 200,000 human beings, leaving a scar on humanity. Since the very beginning of the nuclear age, some of the scientists who created the nuclear bomb, called for its abolition. William Johnston, a Catholic priest in Japan, summed up what is the ongoing reality “In short, a titanic struggle is raging in the collective unconscious of humanity”. The goal of this documentary is to tell that story in narrative form, with the voices of those involved in dealing with this ongoing struggle. It is not just about the continuing presence of the nuclear weapon held in the arsenals of nine nations, which now includes the modernization of these powerful tools of war, making the weapons even more dangerous.

As the third film of The Nuclear World Project, In Search of Resolution is an exploration of the continuing story, now over three quarters of a century old, in this drama little understood and rarely reported, addressing the question why do these weapons still exist? The film will look to the future, profiling individuals and organizations working to answer the question, regardless which side of the story they are on; trying to ensure the weapons are never used in war, to present paths and ideas in resolving the ongoing conundrum, in dealing with the most destructive weapon even invented before it is too late. As Albert Einstein said, “no problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” Einstein should know, he was one of the scientists responsible for the nuclear bomb.
 

Meet the Filmmakers

Robert E. Frye – Director/Producer
Robert E. Frye – Producer/Director – Whistling Communications LLC Over the past decade two documentaries have been completed and distributed under the rubric “The Nuclear World Project”. (www.thenuclearworld.org) The first, In My Lifetime tells the story of the history of nuclear weapons, the second The Nuclear Requiem details events from 2015 to 2017. Both films distributed by American Public Television, as well as internationally. A third documentary is in development Frye began his career as a network news producer at ABC News over 14 years based in New York, Washington and London. During this time his credits included being the Executive Producer of World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, also he was a ,Senior Producer at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation In Toronto, Canada. Since 1988 as an independent producer based in New York, his credits include the aforementioned films on nuclear weapons, along with several other documentaries including Kristallnacht: The Journey from 1938 to 1988 and The Berlin Airlift both broadcast in primetime on PBS, and other primetime series aired on A&E and several independent films shown on public television Over his career Frye has received an Emmy, two Columbia Dupont Silver Batons and a Cine Golden Eagle and a Peabody.

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