Feature Documentary "Immortality or Bust" on Zoltan Istvan and the Transhumanism Movement Wins Breakout Award at Upcoming Raw Science Film Festival in Los Angeles
A feature documentary on US Presidential candidate Zoltan Istvan and his Immortality Bus will have its international debut this Saturday, June 26 2019, at the Raw Science Film Festival in Los Angeles at the historic United Artist Theatre. Featuring dozens of high profile journalists and scientists, the film explores the emerging landscape of the life extension, biohacking, and transhumanism movements.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Controversial feature documentary Immortality or Bust wins the Breakout Award at the upcoming Raw Science Film Festival in Los Angeles. The documentary covers a 38-foot coffin-shaped bus The New York Times Magazine called "the great brown sarcophagus of the American highway…a metaphor of life itself." The Immortality Bus has become one the most widely recognized and contentious activist projects in the transhumanist movement, after it gained over 100 million views during Zoltan Istvan's 2016 US Presidential campaign. Transhumanism's primary goal is to overcome biological death with science and technology.
Journalist Dylan Matthews of Vox, embedded on the bus, wrote, "Zoltan's obsessions are weird, but so was Al Gore's fascination with climate change in the 80s." In an 11,000 word feature about the bus, The Verge wrote Zoltan is like "some modern-day Ken Kesey."
The 77-min documentary features Zoltan's involvement into futurist politics, science activism, the transhumanist community, and his complex marriage and family life in San Francisco. Zoltan's medical doctor wife and her skepticism are a highlight in the film. The documentary also shows Zoltan's father, Steven Gyurko, and his untimely death, which occurred soon after he voted for his son for US President. Exclusive personal footage of the body and Zoltan's last words to his dad are emotionally shown.
Many significant science figures and journalists are in the documentary, and not always supportive of Zoltan's political quest. Some notable figures Zoltan meets include Libertarian Gary Johnson, cryptocurrency expert John McAfee, futurist Jacque Fresco, and comedian Jimmy Dore. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones also briefly shows up and bashes Zoltan. Also covered is Zoltan's interview with Anonymous—the only known presidential candidate to have interviewed with the massive underground collective.
Filmed intensely over three years and already on the radar of Netflix and HBO, director and film veteran Daniel Sollinger has high hopes this documentary will be widely viewed. The film's international debut is this Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 2:11PM at the historic 1700-seat United Artists Theatre at the ACE Hotel, 929 S Broadway, Los Angeles, California. The 5th Annual Raw Science Film Festival is timed to compete directly against Sundance Film Festival in order to provide a science-focused alternative to filmgoers.
Istvan, Sollinger, and others in Immortality of Bust will be at the black-tie optional award ceremony to receive their prize and give speeches. A press line on the red carpet starts at 5PM, followed by awards and an after party.
For more information or a private screening, contact Daniel Sollinger at:
Daniel Sollinger / Immortality or Bust
[email protected]
818-613-6044
Zoltan Istvan is also available for more information and interviews:
[email protected]
415-802-4891
http://www.zoltanistvan.com
@zoltan_istvan
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SOURCE Immortality or Bust
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