Oppenheimer: Science on Screen Day Screening & Presentation
Schedule
Tue, 25 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
305 E 4th Street #100, Santa Ana, CA, United States, California 92701 | Santa Ana, CA
Join us on for the 12th Annual National Evening of Science on Screen, Tuesday March 25th at 7PM, as we once again partner with the nationwide Science on Screen® program to present OPPENHEIMER, Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning epic that chronicles physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer’s development of the atomic bomb during World War II. This special screening will open with a presentation by Dr. Jacob Barandes called Oppenheimer, Quantum Mechanics, and the Structure of Reality.ABOUT THE FILM
Cillian Murphy stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant physicist who led the Manhattan Project and became known as the “father of the atomic bomb.” The film follows his meteoric rise in the scientific community, his role in the race to develop nuclear weapons during World War II, and the moral and political fallout that followed the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told through a fractured, non-linear structure, the narrative weaves together Oppenheimer’s personal struggles, his entanglement in Cold War-era politics, and the devastating consequences of his work. A world-wide box office success — a feat all the more impressive given its subject matter and three-hour running time — Oppenheimer was awarded seven Academy Awards, including Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Motion Picture of the Year.
ABOUT DR. JACOB BARANDES, AND HIS PRESENTATION
Dr. Jacob Barandes completed his PhD in the Department of Physics at Harvard University, where he currently serves as Lecturer and Co-Director of Graduate Studies. He is also an Associated Faculty Member with the Department of Philosophy, and a Faculty Affiliate with the Harvard Black Hole Initiative. Dr. Barandes’ research resides at the intersection of philosophy and physics — “physical philosophy,” which involves examining what our most successful physical theories tell us about traditional questions in philosophy, and “philosophical physics,” which involves using the methodological tools of philosophy to make progress on open problems in physics — and the foundations of quantum mechanics, the metaphysics of causation, the philosophy of probability, field theory, general relativity, and formal methods in mathematical physics. He founded and organized the "Foundations of Physics @Harvard" seminar and workshop series, as well as the New England Workshop on the History and Philosophy of Physics. You can see some of Dr. Barandes’s research and other talks at his website, https://www.jacobbarandes.com/.
Dr. Jacob Barandes will be joining us remotely prior to the film screening to give a brief introduction on the key people, physics, and philosophical ideas presented in Oppenheimer which he has named Oppenheimer, Quantum Mechanics, and the Structure of Reality.
ABOUT OUR MODERATOR
Atalia Lopez is an Australian transplant, Letterboxd devotee, and Frida Cinema board member. She teaches classes on the intersection of film, literature, and the urban environment at Chapman University, and is proudly responsible for exposing hundreds of students to David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive. Atalia completed her undergraduate studies in literature at Chapman University and holds a master’s degree from the University of Oxford. You may also know her as the host of The Frida’s monthly Film Trivia Nights, where she invented the celebrated “fourth round stretch.”
ABOUT SCIENCE ON SCREEN
Science on Screen® is an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and their grant initiative brings science to cinemas nationwide. The Coolidge Corner Theatre’s series has enhanced film and scientific literacy with this popular program, which launched at the Coolidge in 2005 in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and its pioneering nationwide film program. Since 2011, Sloan has awarded the Coolidge over $4 million to develop and administer Science on Screen programs around the US through partnerships with other nonprofits. The Coolidge has in turn awarded 393 grants totaling over $2.5 million to 121 film and science-focused organizations in 44 states (plus Washington, DC) across the country. Learn more at https://scienceonscreen.org/.
Where is it happening?
305 E 4th Street #100, Santa Ana, CA, United States, California 92701
