- Born Secret is a documentary film focusing on the history of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a secret city built as part of the Manhattan Project to produce enriched uranium for the atomic bomb.
Growing up in Oak Ridge, Tennesse, Born Secret director Riley Fitchpatrick didn’t realize how strange his hometown was.
“I took for granted that an atomic symbol was the logo of the high school, the local bank and restaurants all over town,” he says.
Born Secret, playing today at the El Paso Film Festival, shares stories of Oak Ridge, the “secret city” built as part of the Manhattan Project to build the world’s first atomic bomb…