Let There Be Light

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Let There Be Light

2017

1h 20m

Documentary

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Scientists gather in the French countryside with the goal of creating an artificial sun, which would provide perpetual, cheap and clean energy for mankind.

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Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

What could have been a hectoring science lesson turns out to be more thrilling than any late-90s Keanu Reeves movie.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 22, 2017

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Justin Lowe

The Hollywood Reporter

A futuristic energy source that could indefinitely supply the world's power requirements provides the backdrop for this absorbing documentary.

Mar 12, 2017

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Norman Wilner

NOW Toronto

... instead of a lecture, the film focuses on the people doing the science, mindful of the unexpected collisions that result when geniuses bounce off one another.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 3, 2017

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Jim Slotek

Original Cin

Aung-Thwin and Royko do a remarkable job juggling the reality of fusion research versus the dreams in Let There Be Light, never allowing either to overcome the other.

Sep 20, 2017

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

The movie illustrates clearly that scientific subjects are not inherently hard to understand, and that the more people who make the effort to engage with such ideas, the more likely they are to materialize.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 9, 2017

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Simon Foster

Screen-Space

[An] elegant, insightful and entertaining work of understated urgency.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 31, 2017

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This is a good snapshot into the current state of fusion power research which provides an overview, some history, and takes a peek at 4 different ongoing projects. It would be great to have covered more of the two-dozen serious projects around the world, but there's only so much time in a film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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I really enjoyed this film. In my opinion harnessing fusion energy is the most important scientific endeavor mankind will ever take on

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/08/18

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Audience Member

Between a 7/10 and 8/10, a futuristic energy source that could indefinitely supply the world's power requirements provides the backdrop for this absorbing documentary.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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A real good and interesting overview of 3 fusion research projects - ITER is a $50 billion dollar multi national machine way behind schedule and not likely to produce any economic power, General Fusion is a private company funded by one of the multi billionaires and may make real progress, but hasn't had any real fusion yet. LPP Focus Fusion is a very small company with a small and novel method of controlling plasma (fits in a garage) funded by individual investors and has produced more fusion than any other private fusion research company. The documentary makes the point that we need to fund more and different approaches than the money pit of ITER

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

I really enjoyed the film. Very realistic and life like.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Great movie worth the watch

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Mila Aung-Thwin

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Van Royko

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Mila Aung-Thwin

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Mila Aung-Thwin

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Bob Moore

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Daniel Cross

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Synopsis

Scientists gather in the French countryside with the goal of creating an artificial sun, which would provide perpetual, cheap and clean energy for mankind.

Director: Mila Aung-Thwin, Van Royko
Producer: Mila Aung-Thwin, Bob Moore
Screenwriter: Mila Aung-Thwin
Production Co: Eye Steel Film
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2017
Runtime: 1h 20m

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