Tune into the Future
One hundred years before the internet, a self-declared tech guru started preaching the future to his flock of outsiders. Meet the most influential nerd you may never have heard of: Hugo Gernsback. Decades in advance he foresaw Skype, jetpacks, space mining and drones. But even though he would accumulate over 80 patents throughout his life and befriend the likes of Edison and Tesla, his most influential invention remains Science Fiction. Gernsback planted the seeds for pop-culture phenomena such as Superman, Star Wars and a whole nation’s obsession with UFOs.
Year:
2020
Director:
Eric Schockmel
Producers:
Samsa Film (Bernard Michaux)
Coproducers:
Wrong Men (BE), Melusine Productions (LU), What About (BE)
Cast:
Mike Ashley, Madeline Ashby, Andrew Baer, Brother Guy Consolmagno, Malcolm Edwards, Joe Haldeman, Luc Henzig, Ken Hollings, Michio Kaku, Paul Lesch, Farah Mendelsohn, Steve Silberman, Gary K. Wolfe, Gary Westfahl, Grant Wythoff
With the support of
Film Fund Luxembourg
Financiers:
Tax Shelter du Gouvernement fédéral de Belgique