Meanwhile, Mead allowed that the theatrical release of “The Most Unknown” will be “useful” for the film to be eligible for awards consideration. Ian Cheney’s smile-inducing field trip documentary The Most Unknown experiments with a nifty idea: introduce scientists to each other through a global relay of encounters in an effort to. Thobey Campion, Vice’s head of publishing, added that “the media ecosystem feels like the Wild West right now, so we kind of made our own playbook… Supporting the sciences has never been more important than right now, so to really get the word out we’re deploying a fleet of content formats.” “Rather than using our social platforms and website as a promotional vehicle for the film, we went into this thinking of having this be an entire ecosystem… to talk about science in a way that helps people understand how scientists think and how they work,” said Mead, an executive producer on the film. The math-and-science nonprofit wants the film’s message about scientific discovery and wonder to inspire young people. Part of the reason for the multiphase, wide-release push is that the film was produced with a grant from Science Sandbox, an initiative of the Simons Foundation. Smith The Most Unknown is an epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanitys biggest questions. “From the beginning, we wanted this to be something a bit more modular, a story that would work in multiple formats,” said Mead, who’s an executive producer on the film. Ian Cheney is an Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker. The Most Unknown (2018) Documentary Director: Ian Cheney Stars: Jennifer L.
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Those will include Motherboard’s site ( ) and YouTube, along with series for Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram. Together, they explore the most unknown areas of each other’s work. “Netflix was a pretty obvious partner for us, because they have big scale – we know it’s going to a global audience,” said Derek Mead, Vice Media’s executive editor, global, and former editor-in-chief of Motherboard.Īfter Netflix’s debut, Motherboard will create nine 10- to 15-minute-long standalone episodes - one for each scientist profiled in the film - in different formats native to a range of platforms. Netflix has secured 24-month global rights to “The Most Unknown” and will make it available in 25 languages. Then in August, the film will bow on Netflix where it will have an exclusive two-week window before arriving on Motherboard’s own platforms. cities, starting May 18 at New York City’s Quad Cinema. Ian Cheney is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, environmental advocate and public speaker currently based. The film was made possible by a grant from Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science.Through a deal with documentary-film distributor Abramorama, “The Most Unknown” will be released in theaters in 20 U.S. The Most Unknown, a documentary directed by Ian Cheney, surveys nine scientists a geobiologist, molecular biologist, various physicists studying space and time, cognitive psychologists, and a. Directed by Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Ian Cheney (The Search for General Tso, The City Dark) and advised by world-renowned filmmaker Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo, Aguirre, The Wrath of God, Grizzly Man), The Most Unknown is an ambitious look at a side of science never before shown on screen. Director, Ian Cheney, proposes that the film itself is an experiment in its approach to understanding scientific exploration in a way that is intuitive and that relies on the art of human communication, thus taking scientific exploration in a direction of storytelling. What emerges is a deeply human trip to the foundations of discovery and a powerful reminder that the unanswered questions are the most crucial ones to pose. The documentary, The Most Unknown does exactly this. How did life begin? What is time? What is consciousness? How much do we really know? By introducing researchers from diverse backgrounds for the first time, then dropping them into new, immersive field work they previously hadn't tackled, the film reveals the true potential of interdisciplinary collaboration, pushing the boundaries of how science storytelling is approached.
Categories 2018 films, Documentary Tags 2018, documentary, Ian Cheney, Motherboard, science, Science Sandbox, Vice Media. The Most Unknown is an epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanity's biggest questions. The Most Unknown is certainly experimental in its approach and this is likely to alienate those not completely accustomed to this more subtle and intellectually stimulating format.
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