Richard Rhodes

Películas

The Half-Life of Genius Physicist Raemer Schreiber
Author / Historian
Our two-hour film highlights the life and career of Dr. Schreiber with respect and clarity. Raemer, his wife Marge, and young daughter Paula would move to the high-desert of New Mexico where he and other brilliant minds would change the world forever.
La promesa de pandora
Himself
La bomba atómica, el espectro de un holocausto nuclear global y desastres como Fukushima han convertido la energía nuclear en sinónimo de las pesadillas más oscuras del mundo moderno. Pero, ¿y si todo el mundo tiene un poder nuclear equivocado? ¿Qué pasa si la gente sabe que hay reactores que son autosuficientes y totalmente controlables y que no requieren eliminación de desechos? ¿Y si la energía nuclear es la única fuente de energía que tiene la capacidad de detener el cambio climático?
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Self
An unflinching look at the ongoing debate on violence in movies and its effect on the audience.
American Experience: The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self
J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the bomb brought the war to an end, in spite of his renown and his enormous achievement, America turned on him - humiliated and cast him aside. The question the film asks is, "Why?"