When we see hundreds of scientists and engineers convening at Los Alamos for the Manhattan Project in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” one can’t help but think there are many among them whose stories might not be as world-shaking as Oppenheimer’s, yet were no doubt worthy of their own movie.
Example: one Ted Hall, the subject of “A Compassionate Spy,” the latest documentary from the prolific and versatile Steve James (“Hoop Dreams,” “The Interrupters,” “Life Itself”), and even if you don’t know Hall’s story, that title tells you where we’re going.
