Janire Nájera

[7] Her publications include Atomic Ed (2019),[8][9][10] unveiling the journey of Ed Grothus from working in Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to becoming an outspoken anti-nuclear activist; and Moving Forward Looking Back: Journeys Across the Old Spanish Trail (2015),[11][12] a documentary project looking for the traces of intangible heritage that evoke Spanish culture[13] in the American Southwest.

[21] Through a contemporary artistic language, Moving Forward, Looking Back provides an insight into how the traditions of the first settlers have merged with local cultures and have influenced the identity of today’s pueblos and modern cities in the states of New Mexico and California.

During what Ed considered to be an unjust Vietnam War he felt no longer able to support the development of nuclear weapons and left his job becoming one of the most outspoken protestors of the 20th Century.

[24] Najera undertook extensive research to collect archival documents, past and recent photographs and a selection of letters from over 50 years of correspondence between Ed Grothus and politicians, scientists, the media and his family taking us back and forth through the nuclear history of the USA.

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