The Unbelievers (2013) on Netflix
NR20131h 17mDocumentary
Scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss give public talks around the world about science and reason. They urge audiences to set aside religious and politically motivated thinking.
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Plot summary
Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss spend eight months touring the world with their lectures and debates. The run of appearances began with a tour of Australia, and further trips followed. Their subject is science and reason, and they press audiences to leave behind religious and politically motivated thinking about the issues of the day. Cameras stay with them between events as well as during them. Short statements from scientists, writers and entertainers who support their work are woven through. Those who made it say the aim was to capture the experience of the two men rather than follow a single through-line.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Unbelievers (2013)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- To make The Unbelievers, Gus and Luke Holwerda followed Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss around for eight months, producing 120 hours of film. Each interview with the celebrities who appear lasted an hour.
- Gus Holwerda met Lawrence Krauss through Christopher Hitchens at an Origins Symposium, a science event the filmmakers saw as a kind of Woodstock. There he and Luke Holwerda hit on the idea of following Krauss through his lectures and debates like a rock band tour movie.
