Boulder ENOFF: HALF-LIFE OF MEMORY: America’s Forgotten Atomic Bomb Factory
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Three SHOWS on Sunday, February 2, 2025
## 11:00 AM: Half-Life of Memory: America’s Forgotten Atomic Bomb Factory with director Jeff Gipe, Len Ackland (journalist, professor emeritus at CU, and author "Making a Real Killing: Rocky Flats and the Nuclear West), and Chet Tchozewski (lead organizer during the Rocky Flats activist campaign and member of the Rocky Flats Truth Force).
## SOLD OUT - 2:00 PM: Half-Life of Memory: America’s Forgotten Atomic Bomb Factory with director Jeff Gipe, Jon Lipsky (former FBI), and Chet Tchozewski (Rocky Flats Truth Force)
## SOLD OUT - 5:00 PM: HALF-LIFE OF MEMORY: with director Jeff Gipe, Jon Lipsky, and Judy Padilla (former Rocky Flats worker)
Playing at the Dairy Arts Centre (Boedecker Cinema) — $15
In the suburbs of Denver, the U.S. secretly manufactured thousands of atomic weapons, leaving behind a toxic legacy that will persist for generations.
The Rocky Flats plant produced a staggering 70,000 atomic bombs, each serving as a “trigger” for thermonuclear warheads. Concealed by government secrecy, the plant's fires, leaks, and illicit dumping of nuclear waste contaminated the Denver area with long-lived radioactive toxins.
A major—and highly visible—plutonium fire sparked a decade of mass protests, culminating in an unprecedented FBI raid that ultimately shuttered the plant. Today, the radioactive legacy of Rocky Flats continues to threaten public health, yet surprisingly few people are aware the plant ever existed.
Through powerful testimonials and extraordinary archival media, Half-Life of Memory exposes Rocky Flats' dark past and enduring impact, prompting critical reflection on the implications of the nation’s renewed nuclear weapons buildup.
Year: 2024
Runtime: 55 minutes
presented by the Boulder Environmental Nature Outdoors Film Festival AND DAIRY ARTS CENTER.NTER.
Boulder ENOFF: HALF-LIFE OF MEMORY: America’s Forgotten Atomic Bomb Factory