The film reexamines J. Robert Oppenheimer's speech at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1958. I Was There is a trilogy of experimental documentary films that explores the problem of radiation, our society's fading collective memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the unresolved debate between ethics and science. These series concern the immediate effects of weaponized nuclear technology, as invisible poison, on the human body.
An experimental filmmaker with expertise in media and cinema studies, Chi Jang Yin's work investigates the missing gaps in history that are invisible to others. Her work often imbues her interest in photography and performance art and comments on the effect of individuals intertwining with political and socioeconomic infrastructure. Yin’s experimental films, Cinéma Vérité, observational documentary, and ethnographic film studies inform a diverse body of award-winning work recognized internationally in galleries, exhibitions, and film festivals. She received her BA and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Yin teaches at the School of Cinematic Arts at DePaul University.