Deadline reported that Academy Award‑winning actor and producer Forest Whitaker has joined Rachid Bouchareb’s documentary Boomerang Atomic as an executive producer ahead of its screening at DOC NYC in November.
Why it matters
Fans of Whitaker may be interested in his involvement as an executive producer on a documentary about France’s first atomic bomb test.
Key facts
- The documentary revisits France’s first atomic bomb detonation on February 13, 1960 near the remote town of Reggane in the Sahara Desert, Algeria.
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