Logline

A Philadelphia woman seeking a spiritual home finds herself at the heart of one of history’s most pivotal events-the building of the atomic bomb-torn between two men on opposite sides of the world’s most dangerous moment.

Synopsis

The House at Otowi Bridge tells the true story of Edith Warner, a Philadelphia woman and daughter of a Baptist minister who travels west in search of belonging. Settling at the edge of the San Ildefonso Pueblo in Northern New Mexico, she opens a tearoom and unwittingly becomes a witness to the creation of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos.

Guided by the wisdom and friendship of famed San Ildefonso Pueblo potter Maria Martinez-owner of the House at Otowi Bridge-Edith begins to understand the spiritual depth and cultural richness of the Pueblo community. Maria becomes her mentor, helping her navigate the cultural boundaries and moral complexities of her new life.

This is a deeply human story of cultural collision and coexistence-the Pueblo communities living in harmony with the land and the scientists driven to save the world, even if it means risking its destruction. Edith finds herself in a love triangle with two extraordinary men: Tilano, a San Ildefonso Pueblo Elder, and Niels Bohr, the Nobel Prize-winning Danish physicist and moral conscience of the Manhattan Project.

A story of love, belonging, and moral complexity, *The House at Otowi Bridge* offers a lens into the spiritual, cultural, and emotional tensions that shaped our modern world.