down the avenue: Transcendent Man World Premier: April 25

FAVORITE QUOTES

Only Those Who See the Invisible, Can Do The Impossible
The Age of your Heart is the Age of what you Love - Marcel Prévost
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I'll understand.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one opening before us. -Helen Keller
The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy
Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. -Paul Tournier
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. -Carl W. Buechner
Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The foolish reject what they see, the wise reject what they think
Imagination is more important than knowledge - Albert Einstein
When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you - Lao-tzu
The world surrenders to a quiet mind
It is a funny thing about life: If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it - Somerset Maugham
"At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you." Goethe

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April 06, 2009

Transcendent Man World Premier: April 25

Starting at a World Premier in New York on April 25, 2009, Ray Kurzweil's Singularity and thought process behind it comes to the theatre in a film called Transcendent Man.

Director Barry Ptolemy traveled to five countries and followed Ray Kurzweil for two years, documenting Kurzweil's journey to bring the ideas from his best-selling book The Singularity is Near to a global audience.

Ptolemy explores the social and philosophical implications of the transformative changes that Kurzweil predicts including what its promise means for humanity. There are conversations with world leaders such as Colin Powell, technologists such as Hugo de Garis, Peter Diamandis, Kevin Warwick, and Dean Kamen and journalists such as Kevin Kelly and Tom Abate; and luminary musician Stevie Wonder.

Award-winning American composer Philip Glass composed the original theme music, which mirrors the depth and intensity of the film. For a glimpse of the movie trailer, click here.

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL SCREENING TIMES:

Saturday, April 25, 8:00 pm: School of Visual Arts, 333 West 23rd Street, New York
Sunday, April 26, 4:45 pm: AMC Village VII, 66 Third Avenue, New York
Tuesday, April 28, 7:00 pm: School of Visual Arts, 333 West 23rd Street, New York
Friday, May 1, 5:00 pm: AMC Village VII, 66 Third Avenue, New York

April 6, 2009 in Entertainment/Media, Events, New York, On Technology, On the Future | Permalink