A COMPASSIONATE SPY

Celebrate Opening Night of the third annual AfterImage Film Festival at the Charlestowne 18 Cinema!

Starting at 6:00pm, guests will be treated to an open bar and a selection of small plates. A screening of the Opening Night film "A Compassionate Spy" will be presented at 7:30pm, following the party. Also in attendance will be Oscar-winning filmmaker and director of "A Compassionate Spy," Steve James, to participate in a post-screening Q&A.

All tickets $45. More information at afterimagefilmfestival.com

About Steve James
Steve James began his career with Chicago-based Kartemquin Films in 1987 with the start of production of Hoop Dreams, for which he served as director, producer, and co-editor. He has since then become one of the most acclaimed documentary makers of his generation, with noted works being Stevie, The New Americans, The War Tapes, At the Death House Door, The Interrupters, Life Itself, and most recently the 2018 Academy Award®-nominated Abacus: Small Enough to Jail.

One Screening Only!

Thursday, April 13, 2023
Reception at 6:00pm
Screening at 7:30pm

About the Film

FILMMAKER Q&A FOLLOWING SCREENING!

When American physicist Ted Hall joined the ultra-secret Manhattan Project in 1943, he became the youngest scientist working on the development of the plutonium bomb. He was so shocked by the results that he decided to hand over atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. He later described it as an act of compassion. It was 1951, at the height of the Cold War, and Hall’s act was tantamount to suicide—the nuclear spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for less serious crimes. As if by some miracle, however, Ted and his wife Joan managed to stay out of the hands of the FBI.

Rating: N/A
Genre: Documentary
Run Time: 101 mins
Filmmaker: Steve James
Language: English