Director Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Encounters at the End of the World) teams with volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer to travel the world for a meditation volcanoes and their meaning. They make stops in Indonesia, Iceland and even North Korea capturing landscapes that are as stunning as they are forbidding. Looking into a volcano, Herzog observes “a […]
WORLD PREMIERE In 1962, spurred by the Cold War, President John F. Kennedy famously made the bold proclamation that NASA would send astronauts to the moon by the end of the decade, not because it was easy, but because it was a challenge. The Space Race inspired a generation to pursue careers in science and […]
WORLD PREMIERE As society tackles the problem of feeding our expanding population safely and sustainably, a schism has arisen between scientists and consumers, motivated by fear and distrust. Food Evolution, narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, explores the polarized debate surrounding GMOs. Looking at the real-world application of food science in the past and present, the […]
NYC PREMIERE Time travel has long been the stuff of science fiction. For Ron Mallett and Rob Niosi, it’s been a lifelong obsession. A childhood tragedy set Mallett, a theoretical physicist, on the course to find a practical way to conquer time, leading to intriguing discoveries. Niosi’s interest also is rooted in his past, as […]
NYC PREMIERE Imagine the possibilities of today’s brightest minds dreaming up the world of the future. Singularity University, the brainchild of renowned futurist Ray Kurzweil and entrepreneur Peter Diamandis, exists for this purpose. With the support of NASA and Google, this Silicon Valley think tank gives enterprising minds a crash course in exponential technologies, then […]
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE With the financial backing of the Hong Kong government, Ben Goertzel believes he finally will realize his lifelong dream of developing human-like artificial intelligence using software that mimics the complex operation of the human mind. Assembling a ragtag team of experts to assist him, the eccentric researcher sets out to create functioning, […]