Born Secret

A filmmaker returns to his hometown of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the secret city built to make the atomic bomb. There he meets the workers who made the weapon, while their grandchildren inherit a world still on the edge of nuclear catastrophe.

Built from present-day interviews, family home video and the photographs of Manhattan Project photographer Ed Westcott.

Awards

• Best Short Documentary, Lighthouse International Film Festival, 2026

• Best Editing, Ouray International Film Festival, 2026

• Best Film, Martinsburg Apollo Film Festival, 2026

• Best Film, Hoboken Docs, 2025

• Best Film Made in Tennessee, Film Fest Knox, 2025

Festivals

True/False, IFFBoston, Ouray, Lighthouse, New Filmmakers LA, deadCenter, Davey Fest, Oak Cliff, Middlebury New Filmmakers, Filmfort, Full Bloom, Chagrin, Macon, Martinsburg Apollo, El Paso, International Uranium Film Festival (2026); Window Rock, Carrboro (2025)