Let There Be Light

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Let There Be Light

2017,

1h 20m,

Documentary

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6 Reviews

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100+ Ratings

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

Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

Sep 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.

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Justin Lowe

The Hollywood Reporter

Mar 12, 2017

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

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Norman Wilner

NOW Toronto

Oct 3, 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.

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Jim Slotek

Original Cin

Sep 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.

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Aug 9, 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.

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Simon Foster

Screen-Space (Substack)

Mar 31, 2017

4/5

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

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Dec 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.

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Rey W

Jan 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.

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Han P

Dec 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

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Nov 19, 2017

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

Nov 9, 2017

Great movie worth the watch

Poe S

Nov 6, 2017

Very good movie. There wasn't a dry eye in the audience. God is good!!

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Mila Aung-Thwin

Director

Van Royko

Director

Mila Aung-Thwin

Writer

Mila Aung-Thwin

Producer

Bob Moore

Producer

Daniel Cross

Executive Producer

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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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