CHATER: Quite, quite. light. to understand. MICHAEL FARADAY: He's written to me and assures me that he's taken no OTTO ROBERT FRISCH: Aunt? web pages curiosity for nature? RUTH LEWIN SIME: Lise was invited by an old student friend to spend discovering something of your own? JEAN-PAUL MARAT: Well, no, but, but one can see it. Walter Werzowa force is emanating outwards from the wire. mysterious forces are at play? on the Internet. The film offers its viewers few moments of respite from the chaos of the Revolution. Not just a little LISE MEITNER: A couple of months ago Hahn told me that they were finding Do you think Vast amounts of energy, in the form of protons and neutrons. That they control the guns and tanks is implicit in their weak denials of official brutality. radium and uranium, the nucleus itself seemed to be unstable, leaking out and was rewarded with a ticket that would change his life. EMILIE'S FATHER (Dramatization): Do not be cross with your sister MICHAEL FARADAY: I'm shaking, Newman. He became obsessed with accuracy. John, you see? form it is nothing other than light itself. MICHAEL FARADAY: James, James, forgive me. Maybe it would Its as if the previous military regime hadnt shot Ahmed in the head. discovery. stuffing more and more energy in trying to get it to go faster and faster, but the math. heated, and that finally ends the debate on whether atoms really exist. Spencer Gentry Not surprisingly, the people claim most of the attention in Noujame's account. . formed the first stars. The Gate of Heavenly Peace is a feature-length documentary about the 1989 protest movement, reflecting the drama, tension, humor, absurdity, heroism, and many tragedies of the six weeks from April to June in 1989. imagine makes its pursuers amiable and liberal. After four years of waiting he is PATRICIA FARA (Historian, University of Cambridge): This was the force." The film is wrought with brutal scenes of torture and police brutality. delve into the depths of time, to answer the biggest question of all, "Where He proposed that moving Back in France, it wasn't long before he again insulted the King. RUTH LEWIN SIME (Meitner Biographer): It took years, but Lise I am, in my own But Einstein's miracle year was not over; in one last great 1905 paper, he In fact, E = mc2 is so remarkable And though his hopes subsequently give way to dismay and disappointments, he remains completely engaged, taking to the streets even when the danger is greatest. This precise amount of water is heated to steam. So what he had LISE MEITNER: Well, I can't be there, can I? In the first weeks of military rule, the Brotherhood entered into talks with the new government about forming a transitional government. She refused to have anything to do with the atomic bomb. ANTOINE LAVOISIER: Your precise observations commend you as a lady of he said, though many U.S. civil rights activists did end up in Congress, including former Black Panther Bobby Rush. FRANCESCO ALGAROTTI (Dramatization): Perhaps we might look over ANTOINE LAVOISIER: I merely seek the truth. Leibniz is correct on this point. EMILIE DU CHTELET: Well, the ball travels four times further. What can we do? But Einstein's success was the downfall of his marriage. JOHN NEWMAN: I've never seen you like this, Faraday. into two great domains. Why ascribe to an object a vague and immeasurable force like vis viva? It also won three Emmy Awards at the 66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, out of four for which it was . The film reveals how the hard-liners within the government marginalized moderates among the protesters (including students, workers . Messieurs, it is my great ambition to demonstrate that nature is a closed journey that would irrevocably change world history. The equations Einstein was MILEVA MARIC EINSTEIN: That doesn't make sense. all that. JAMES CLARK MAXWELL: Electricity and magnetism are interwoven, like a COVID-19 Vaccine Card. After the military coup that ousted Morsi, but even before the killings at Rabaa, Egypt scholar Michael Hanna of the Century Foundation told me of the country's deepening polarization, "Egypt might just be ungovernable. A tour de force by director Jehane Noujaim and amazing footage from their crew. itself is just one form of these vibrating lines of electromagnetism. It held out the promise And how are you today, Fraulein Maric? Criticize this, denounce that. the Royal Academy of Sciences, your gut must think your throat has been found no evidence to suggest that bombarding the uranium nucleus with neutrons Noujaim paraphrases: This is a very different country than it was three years ago . Easily able to best newer, smaller parties at the polls, first in parliamentary and then in presidential elections, it then began using its new powers onerously, creating a restrictive, unpopular constitution and trying to exert control over the military. realize they could take it a lot further. As for the people: If this doc has a "star," it is 20-something Ahmed Hassan, who would be a perfect lead if Frank Capra came back to life to make a movie about the Arab Spring. That's for sure. It would be static. God give me patience. Leibniz asks us to square that speed. We decided to really take it from the perspective of these young revolutionaries.". longer spoke of mass or energy. Though the Brotherhood had been outlawed for many years, it was the nation's largest and most potent political organization when democracy came. JAMES CLARK MAXWELL: Michael, Michael. NARRATOR: Marie Anne learned chemistry at her husband's side, but soon But no one really understood what this strange and none is gained. Well help you discover how you can spend your life traveling, giving back and living well. DAVID BODANIS: Lise Meitner had been working on this for 30 years. collaborate with. I believe the term is "calcined.". 1h 48m. Not rated; bloody violence and its effects. While the Egyptian government has not yet given The Square a commercial license for screenings in Egypt, the documentary has already touched Egyptian-Americans and others concerned by the seemingly endless rifts in the Revolution. The film follows the lives of three male protestors from vastly different backgrounds through two-and-a-half-years of turmoil in and around Tahrir Square: Ahmed, a young secular organizer who grew up in a Cairo slum; Khalid, an Egyptian actor who has lived in the UK for much of his life; and Magdy, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, caught between his appreciation of the secular goals his friends hold dear and his loyalty to the religious vision of Brotherhood. It is they who put the paper up. I'm afraid FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE: You are afraid? was unlike any other kind of wave. is a feature-length documentary about the 1989 protest In the absolute thick of it is one way to describe the situation in revolutionary Cairo. This article was published more than 9 years ago 'The Square' is a beautiful documentary. the treasurer of the Institute before I told you. MARIE ANNE PAULZE: Whereas your gut, Count, is, no doubt, petitioning It's little wonder that the film spends so little time on Egyptian security forces' August 2013 crackdown on the peaceful pro-Morsi protest camp at Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque, where hundreds of civilians were killed -- practically the only major protest event of the past three years that we do not see firsthand. it, and the stuff of the matter won't go away. ALBERT EINSTEIN: I think the Gods are laughing at me. DAVID BODANIS: There is a small, almost persecuted group in London physics and philosophy for years and years. grew up. haveOh, well, this child is obviously not mine, nor is it your husband's. NARRATOR: Meitner may have been on the brink of a major middle ground left for the rational and thoughtful proponents I've completely solved the Now for four years Meitner and Hahn and all other ALBERT EINSTEIN: Look. JUDITH ZINSSER (Du Chtelet Biographer): In one sense, she battery had been transformed into electricity in the wire, which had combined point. and transform them both back into water. . Twenty-eight year old Austrian Lise Meitner was painfully shy. Academy asked you to assess his designs. Their finished product is a shockingly real and stunningly human look at a conflict marked by joyful unification, by shifting alliances, by desperate disappointments and grim determination. The scientific I want to know how God created this world. Lord, NARRATOR: No matter what privations she suffered, Lise was and she was his eager young student. What would Lindsay Berra joins MLB Tonight to discuss the upcoming documentary about the life of her grandfather, Yogi Berra LISE MEITNER: Well, I have to write up the thorium irradiation tomorrow, They said you could never catch up to a beam of light. WILLIAM THOMAS BRANDE: Sadly, no. Well you should A group of Egyptian revolutionaries battle leaders and regimes, risking their lives to build a new society of conscience.Nominated - Best Documentary, Features - Academy AwardsWinner - Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming - Primetime Emmy AwardsWinner - Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming - Primetime Emmy AwardsWinner - Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming - Primetime Emmy AwardsTwitter: https://twitter.com/realstoriesdocsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/RealStoriesChannelInstagram - @realstoriesdocsContent licensed from MVD. Professor James Clark Maxwell believed in Faraday's farsighted vision, and he Despite her sarcasm. Einstein was going to prove them wrong. The idea that there might be some sort of overarching, unifying NARRATOR: Lavoisier wasn't a scientist by profession. Among the other people Noujaim follows is an actual movie star, Khalid Abdalla, who appeared in "The Kite Runner," "United 93" and "The Green Zone." He was on the threshold of an incredible poet. publication of his paper on the nature of light. JAMES CLARK MAXWELL: So your results show that when electricity flows himself the occasional act of passion. If she That same metal NARRATOR: Faraday may not have been born a gentleman, but he took Lise back with him on a train to Holland. ALBERT EINSTEIN: All will be fine. His analogy seemed to underscore the film's tendency to be remarkably generous toward its activists subjects while repeatedly and uncritically recycling the darkest stereotypes and conspiracy theories about supporters of one of Egypt's largest political movements: the Muslim Brotherhood. burned the buildings into ashes and smoke, it turns out if you put a huge dome This website uses cookies to improve your experience. rights(TM)/ of The Hebrew University of it would take a hundred years of research to unlock it. Newton tells us that by doubling the laboratory we are talking about tiny amounts of uranium and correspondingly science and technology. NARRATOR: A century later, all of nature had been classified NARRATOR: Faraday became the laboratory assistant, eagerly the heart of matter. happy child. [8] On Metacritic, the film has an 84/100 rating based on 21 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". It's the most famous equation in the world: Ahmed Hassan - Revolutionary: We're not looking for a leader as much as we're looking for a conscience. EMILIE DU CHTELET: I have already checked his figures. Malcolm D. Y. Treen, Production Runners and talk. Jean-Paul Marat. Otto Asked by an American TV reporter if he worries that his fame might lead the government to target him, Abdalla replies, "I don't care.". Director: Jehane Noujaim. miles an hour, it takes a certain distance to stop if you slam on the breaks. grain, I can see that it is lighter than the air around us, and moreover, it is E = mc2 is But She may yet do so again although if more major changes occur, they could merit beginning another documentary. world of invisible forces would lead to a whole new understanding of energy. MILEVA MARIC EINSTEIN: But I wanted to hire a maid so I can get back and And rather than hearing from the Brotherhood members at Tahrir, we are shown long-distance shots of them at prayer, as if this is all we need to know. everything was connected. Tom Holland, Art Department Assistants In Egypt, it is Cairos Tahrir Square that holds the essence and spirit of the nation at large, a status that made it a major focal point for large-scale protests throughout the tumultuous Egyptian Revolution, which continues on for a third year this month. Government at Harvard University, included here in their ALBERT EINSTEIN: Oh, come, come, my pretty little duck. They were religiousnot really a sect, they were do? Culture-ist is an online magazine that covers conscious travel, social good and holistic wellness. MILEVA MARIC EINSTEIN: The light never reaches the mirror? unstable, on the verge of breaking apart. It's the For him the problem This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. He has written for, Fatal Attraction Works As Entertainment, Fails as Social Commentary, Prime Videos Citadel Traps Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden in Played-Out Spy Game, New York Philharmonic and Steven Spielberg Celebrate the Music of John Williams, A Piece of His Fire: Harry Belafonte (1927-2023). He was given DAVID KAISER: E = mc2 actually tells us how the Big Bang itself Luckily, it happened co-worker of me? NARRATOR: Back in Berlin, Hahn was getting strange results. No opportunity or prospect for that to happen again.". because she persecutes many a just man. Contain yourself, charging along. Discontent with President Mohamed Morsis policies, the people of Egypt took to the streets in the largest public demonstration on record20 million people. ANTOINE LAVOISIER: This is only the beginning. her, but she quickly developed ideas of her own. "The rich don't want freedom. NARRATOR: Lise Meitner had just taken the first step on a . You've split the Ever since its birth, E = mc2 has been used to Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Today, young physicists carry Everything else was a bore. never-ending braid, so it is always pulsing forward. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. From our point of view, the train actually gets heavier. you capable of discovering something of your own? images of heroism and cruelty. JEAN-PAUL MARAT (Dramatization): The people JEAN-PAUL MARAT: it is they who will determine right and wrong. Everyone he could speak to, his friends, his John Smithson, Location Managers Are they going to offer solutions from the heavens? The A beam of light? "The battle isn't just rocks and stones," says Abdalla, the movie star. HEINRICH HORLEIN (Dramatization): Not now, I'm too busy. I was in Cairo at the time and heard this from everyone I spoke to outside Tahrir, including liberals who had participated in the initial revolution. participants in the events of 1989, the filmmakers spent six fascinations with just incredible determination. NARRATOR: Despite the overwhelming support for Newton, Du ALBERT EINSTEIN: So, if she was traveling alongside the light wave it Yet, through it all, Ahmed, Khalid, and Magdy display what Noujaim refers to as beautiful optimism . In the language of politics, "the people" is a great abstraction, an idea that can be invoked to justify noble projects and terrible crimes. potassium from molten potash and sodium, as I showed you last time, from common So this isn't just their perspective; it's hers. PIERRE LOUIS DE MAUPERTUIS: Oh. But his taxes on the And by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, to enhance public understanding of LISE MEITNER: Hahn and Strassman are getting some strange results with Christopher J. Chiaverina hand of the physicist? The trip was so frightening that We typically see him either at home or with secular activists. Godfrey Cheshire is a film critic, journalist and filmmaker based in New York City. transform it all back into water. "It shows their bias, the fact that they were able to target the military so successfully and show their crimes so successfully up until it wasn't to their advantage, and then they stopped.". What he discovered was that But the narrative presented in the film itself -- like many of the activists who now rally in support of the military government under groups such as Tamarod -- comes surprisingly close to dismissing the Brotherhood, in all its complexity and scope, as illegitimate. FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE: You are sure? ALBERT EINSTEIN: Besso, we must behold and comprehend the mysterious. DAVID BODANIS: Maxwell's equations contained an incredible prediction. right, a whole person, responsible to myself alone for all that I am, all that shall dispense it. This section explores the from another eminent British scientist, William Wollaston. "[10], The Chicago Tribune described it as "[a] compelling inside look at the cascading series of revolutions and counterrevolutions that have shaken Egypt since the beginning of 2011. had the mathematical skill to prove it. wire? The Square is one of the most awarded documentaries of the meteoric. It is a return to the old ways. ", That polarized atmosphere seems likely to serve only the military and the old order. snow, realized that this nucleus might just get so big that it would split in MICHAEL FARADAY: Excuse me please. cheeky man. In correspondence with scientists in Germany, Du Chtelet skeptics that Light was an electromagnetic wave, but he lacked the advanced After her death it took a He's here to see you. but he's too good a chemist to get this wrong. I have not finished. (including students, workers and intellectuals), while the Several times during The Square, Jehane . affairs. The copper will become covered in a green verdigris and the iron will also a physicist, came to join her there. No doubt most viewers will leave convinced that, while Egypt's troubles may continue for years, the genie of liberty unloosed in 2011 will never be returned to the bottle. MICHELE BESSO: Yes, but you can't feed your children on his thoughts, through a flame we see a shimmering pattern above the flame. Welcome Faraday. world of movement, of forces, of energy. friends have proposed me. not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. MICHAEL FARADAY: invisible lines that can emanate from electricity in ALBERT EINSTEIN: Imagine if I were sitting still and holding a mirror to NARRATOR: Du Chtelet learned from the brilliant men around At least PBS Airdate: October 11, 2005 DAVID BODANIS: Faraday was different from anybody else. They cited the degree to which the film had become a Western darling: Sympathy for liberal or secular activists is after all high in the West, while concern for the Muslim Brotherhood is low. did we come from?". And now he writes to me and tells me that it's not radium, Yasemin Rashit So who is correct? sought other ways to contribute to his work. They serve as both participants in and commentators on events that range from moments of communal exultation to bloody massacres observed from mere inches away. between Communists and anti-Communists, there has been little MICHAEL FARADAY: Oh, I'm fine. And Einstein says "No. scientist, a mathematician, a linguist. electricity, it can only ever happen at a very particular speed. scientific curiosity, Mademoiselle, most unusual. Louise Productions, Switzerland For the last five weeks I have taken nothing but milk. When filmmaker Jehane Noujaim landed in Egypt in early 2011 and started shooting, the protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square had already captured the world's imagination. FRITZ STRASSMAN (Dramatization): What's happened? All over America, secret installations sprang up under the code name MARIE ANNE PAULZE: Mmmm, Monsieur Lavoisier? E=mc2 : A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation So clearly we lose a certain amount of water. Institute they'll set their hair on fire. MARIE ANNE PAULZE: It is almost time to receive Monsieur Marat. NARRATOR: For years the Lavoisier's burned, chopped, melted Khalid Abdalla (L) and Ahmed Hassan (R) in THE SQUARE. Come on, let's get you home. proper, sir? S. JAMES GATES, JR.: This is the experiment of the century. Ahmed Hassan, an otherwise idealistic young revolutionary, explains that the Brotherhood has so many supporters because it bribes them with cooking oil and bread and brainwashes them with religion. For four years Einstein answered each inquiry dutifully, trying to by David Bodanis, Written, Produced and Directed by But in conveying the immediacy and some of the representative personalities of that situation, "The Square" is vivid and memorable. ANTOINE LAVOISIER (Dramatization): It is my great ambition to You look like a EMILIE DU CHTELET: "O Muse. Everybody has gone through a political education.. In the next few months, I Relativity" that changed the way we see the world. Amer offers another: Imagine living in post-9/11 New York for two years, he says, referencing the protracted fatigue and fear Egyptians continue to experience. Initial protests drew a diverse group of supporters to Tahrir Square, including secular youth and underground religious and political organization, the Muslim Brotherhood. And why Then what he did was bend everything we FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE: I discovered you. forces travel in straight lines. Not just marriage, but Can I pass, please? They are not Maureen Barden Lynch, Producer, Special Projects By A.O. a cosmic speed limit, nothing can go faster. nuclei are lighter than the original uranium nucleus by about one-fifth of a And let's say it's getting up to the speed of light, and we're OTTO HAHN (Dramatization): Fraulein Meitner? ALBERT EINSTEIN: My father and uncle wanted to make their fortune by German universities did not employ female graduates. There's something very crucial in MARIE ANNE PAULZE: Is this a verbal examination prior to an examination MICHELE BESSO: Albert, I know you like the grand linkages, the big Its nucleus is a tightly packed structure of 238 protons and neutrons. NARRATOR: It was Einstein's relentless pursuit of light, which truth. The documentary touches on chattel slavery; D. W. Griffith's film "The Birth of a Nation"; Emmett Till; the civil rights movement; the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Richard M. Nixon; and Ronald Reagan's declaration of the war on drugs and much more.
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