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From left to right: Tony Goldwyn, Jane Fonda and Matthew Modine
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Ahead of the 2024 Oscars, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) launched its “Make Nukes History” campaign in Los Angeles, using the nominated film. oppenheimer expand the conversation about nuclear threats.
As explained on the official NTI siteThe campaign includes billboards, an art installation, street posters and an open letter signed by several stars, calling for an end to the use of nuclear weapons.
In a statement shared with the campaign announcement, Matthew Modine, who was part of oppenheimerThe cast writes: “All people should be educated about the incredible destructive power of nuclear weapons. Understanding the threat illuminates a necessary path toward its elimination.”
Modine adds: “Hundreds of thousands of Americans have been directly harmed by radioactive fallout from hundreds of nuclear explosions carried out on American soil. From the moment of the first atomic bomb test at Los Alamos, New Mexico, our entire planet has been at risk. We need to stop this madness.”
Those who signed the open letter also included Jane Fonda, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Douglas, Alan Cumming, Bill Nye, Lily Tomlin, Julianne Moore, Lisa Rinna, Harry Hamlin, Emma Thompson, Rosanna Arquette, Viggo Mortensen and J’s grandson Robert Oppenheimer. Carlos Oppenheimer.
He open letter says, “oppenheimer describes the history of the origin of nuclear weapons, the history of the Manhattan Project, and Robert Oppenheimer’s subsequent warnings against an arms race and the development of even more powerful weapons. Oppenheimer was right to warn us. Today, nine countries possess 13,000 nuclear weapons. Some are 80 times more powerful than those that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.”
He continues: “As artists and advocates, we want to raise our voices to remind people that while oppenheimer It’s history, nuclear weapons are not. In times of great uncertainty, even a single nuclear weapon – on land, under the sea, in the air or in space – is one too many. To protect our families, our communities and our world, we must demand that world leaders work to make nuclear weapons history and build a better future.”
Christopher Nolan’s best picture nominee chronicles the creation of nuclear weapons by the Manhattan Project and the emotional and political consequences for the people who built them. The warning is inspired by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. American Prometheus. A few months before the film was released, the United Nations explained that the risk of using nuclear weapons was greater now than at any time since the Cold War.
The art installation, produced by culture change agency TaskForce, will take place at the Original Farmers Market on March 8. According to the NTI, “it will be part of a community engagement program that gives passersby the opportunity to learn about the threats posed by nuclear weapons and join the call to end the global arms race.” It will also feature “prominent TikTokers with millions of followers” who will record the installation live on location.