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Film about Stanislav Petrov

14 matheist 10 September 2015 06:43PM

I searched around but didn't see any mention of this. There's a film being released next week about Stanislav Petrov, the man who saved the world.

The Man Who Saved the World
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2277106/

Due for limited theatrical release in the USA on 18 September 2015.
http://themanwhosavedtheworldmovie.com/#seethemovie
Will show in New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, Portland.

Previous discussion of Stanislav Petrov:
http://lesswrong.com/lw/jq/926_is_petrov_day/

Heaven+Earth+Joe Davis Documentary

-3 EvelynM 11 September 2011 11:08PM

"The things that are the most sensible turn out to be most absurd and the things that are the most absurd turn out to make most sense." - Joe Davis

I haven't seen this, but I'd like to:

http://joedavisthemovie.com/

http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2011/09/heaven-earth-joe-davis.php

Joe Davis is an artist working with scientific themes.

 

Free Thought Film Festival: Tampa traditional rationalist gathering this weekend (13-15 May)

1 khafra 14 May 2011 12:00AM

A bit late, since I'm at the opening ceremonies right now; but it seems like it could have some potential; and the Tampa Theatre is a great venue.

Well-done documentary on the singularity: 'Transcendent Man'

3 lukeprog 04 March 2011 11:07PM

I just watched Transcendent Man about the singularity and Ray Kurzweil in particular. It's well-made, full-length, and includes the most popular criticisms of Kurzweil: that his prediction timeframes are driven by his own hope for immortality, that the timescale of his other predictions are too optimistic, that his predictions about the social outcomes of revolutionary technology are naively optimistic, and so on. Ben Goertzel and others get much face time.

You can rent or buy it on iTunes.