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Let There Be Light

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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 09/22/2017
3/4
What could have been a hectoring science lesson turns out to be more thrilling than any late-90s Keanu Reeves movie. Go to Full Review
Justin Lowe The Hollywood Reporter 03/12/2017
A futuristic energy source that could indefinitely supply the world's power requirements provides the backdrop for this absorbing documentary. Go to Full Review
Norman Wilner NOW Toronto 10/03/2017
4/5
... 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. Go to Full Review
Jim Slotek Original Cin 09/20/2017
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. Go to Full Review
Jennie Kermode Eye for Film 08/09/2017
3.5/5
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. Go to Full Review
Simon Foster Screen-Space (Substack) 03/31/2017
4/5
[An] elegant, insightful and entertaining work of understated urgency. Go to Full Review
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12/17/2018 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. See more 03/08/2018 I really enjoyed this film. In my opinion harnessing fusion energy is the most important scientific endeavor mankind will ever take on See more 01/25/2018 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. See more 12/19/2017 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 See more 11/19/2017 I really enjoyed the film. Very realistic and life like. See more 11/09/2017 Great movie worth the watch See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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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