sedona news – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Richland,” which will be shown at the Mary D. Fisher Theater and Alice Gilsheldon Theater from January 26-31.

Director Irene Lustich will be in Sedona to host the first two screenings (Friday and Saturday) and a live Q&A discussion following the screening.

Built by the U.S. government to house workers at the Hanford Nuclear Facility, which produced weapons-grade plutonium for the Manhattan Project, Richland, Washington, is proud of its heritage as a nuclear enterprise town and the atomic bomb it helped create. thinking.

“Richland” offers a prismatic, site-constituting portrait of a community that staked its identity and future on a story of nuclear origins, and a timely examination of the habits of thought that normalize the extraordinary violence of the past. Masu.

Moving back and forth between the archived past and the observed present, through encounters with nuclear workers, local residents, archaeologists, local tribes, and the Japanese granddaughter of an atomic bomb survivor, the film explores home, safety, , whiteness, land, and deep time.

“Richland looks into the heart of a small town with curiosity and compassion, acknowledging the joy and exposing the pain, loss and broken promises.” — The Hollywood Reporter

“Richland” will be shown at the Mary D. Fisher Theater and the Alice Gilsheldon Theater from January 26th to 31st. Showtime will be held on Friday, January 26th at 7pm (with Q&A with the filmmakers). Saturday, January 27th, 4pm (with Q&A with filmmakers). Monday, January 29th, 6:30 p.m.and Wednesday, January 31, 3:30 p.m.

Tickets are $12, or $9 for film festival members. For tickets or more information, call 928-282-1177. Both theater and festival offices are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, West Sedona. See below for more information. www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.