From "CBS News Sunday Morning": Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," social critic Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and the history of the Hollywood blockbuster

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From "CBS News Sunday Morning": Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," social critic Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and the history of the Hollywood blockbuster

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July 16, 2023

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Christopher Nolan on J. Robert Oppenheimer, "the most important person who ever lived"

In his latest film, the director examines the efforts of the physicist and his race to build the atomic bomb that ended World War II. What happened after the war proved to be an entirely different power struggle, as Oppenheimer was accused of being a Russian agent.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: "There are times when you don't have any choice but to speak the truth"

He was the all-time leading NBA scorer when he retired in 1989, after winning six world championships. But today Kareem Abdul-Jabbar prefers to focus on his role as an activist and social critic, writing with uncommon candor on Substack.

The history of the blockbuster movie

It's been assumed that the Hollywood summer blockbuster was born with the 1975 release of "Jaws," followed two years later by "Star Wars." But the film industry's desire for box office blockbusters existed long before a great white shark prowled the waters off Amity.

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Raising Indigenous voices throughout her art

Over the last five decades, artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith has had nearly 100 shows, and in 2020 a painting of hers was the first by a Native American to join the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Now the 83-year-old is the subject of a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City – the museum's first retrospective ever of an Indigenous artist.

Zoe Saldaña on "Special Ops: Lioness" – Action that's down-to-earth

She's the only actor to have starred in the top three highest-grossing movies – science fiction extravaganzas that transported audiences to other worlds. But at the moment Zoe Saldaña is focusing on more terrestrial roles, on-camera and off.

Hollywood drama: Actors join writers in striking against producers

For the first time in 63 years, actors and writers are on strike at the same time, demanding better pay and job protection as streaming has upended film and TV production, and artificial intelligence threatens the livelihoods of writers and actors. Tracy Smith talks with those on the frontlines of the picket lines.

"Here Lies Love": A dance-pop musical on the life of Imelda Marcos

The story of the president and first lady of the Philippines, whose rule was ended by a "People Power" revolution in 1986, is now being told in an immersive Broadway musical set in a disco, created by David Byrne.

Historian Yuval Noah Harari warns of dictatorship in Israel

The author says that in Israel, which has no constitution, the only check on governmental abuses of power is the Supreme Court, which is now under attack by forces that wish to rule with impunity.

Almanac: July 16

"Sunday Morning" looks at important historical events on this date.

Passage: In memoriam

"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including novelist Milan Kundera, author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being."

Extended Nature Video: Puffins in Maine

We leave you this Sunday with puffins summering along the coast of Maine. Videographer: Mauricio Handler.

Watch the full July 16 broadcast!

Guest host: Lee Cowan.

From the archives: Nuclear blasts, preserved on film

Beginning in 1945, and until atmospheric nuclear testing was banned, the United States conducted 210 above-ground nuclear tests, documented on film. Now, footage that has survived, now being preserved by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is being analyzed for their scientific data, changing what we previously knew about the destructive power of our nuclear arsenal.

"Here Comes the Sun": Paul McCartney and an unfinished bucket list

Paul McCartney sits down with Anthony Mason to discuss the photographs he took on The Beatles’ 1964 tour of America, which are now on display at London’s National Portrait Gallery. Then, Jim Axelrod meets a woman determined to finish her late father’s bucket list.