Kevin Hamilton is a Professor in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he also serves as Associate Dean for Research in the College of Fine and Applied Arts. His current book project Lookout America: the Secret Hollywood Film Studio at the Heart of the Cold War State investigates the role of film in America's nuclear weapons program. This essay appeared in a slightly different form in 2015 in Seen, the journal of organization Christians in the Visual Arts.