A new feature-length documentary, The Endless Frontier, premieres this summer, and we’re proud to share that researchers from the University of Utah are featured alongside scientists from Princeton and UCLA.
Directed by Emmy and Peabody winner Marilyn Ness, the film is a collaboration with Consequential Film and the Aspen Institute. It follows three scientists working on some of the most urgent challenges of our time, from human health to the climate crisis, and asks a difficult question: what happens to American science, and to the rest of us, when the people doing this work are pushed out of it?
From the film team:
“THE ENDLESS FRONTIER immerses us in the lives of three passionate scientists, each dedicating their lives to researching solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges. Today is a dangerous time for science, with recent funding cuts threatening the future of scientific research in the US. This new documentary exposes the realities of the American scientific research system, and the ways scientists are pushing back to improve life for the rest of us. What are the stakes if these scientists are pushed to leave their fields? What potential cures and discoveries leave with them?”
Upcoming Premieres
The film will have its world premiere at the DC/DOX Film Festival in Washington, DC on June 12, followed by a New York premiere at the New York Academy of Medicine on Monday, June 15. A local Utah screening is also in the works, and we’ll share details as soon as a date is confirmed.
Tickets are available now:
The premiere was recently announced in Deadline.
Stay Connected
The film team will soon be sharing information about how communities across the country can host their own screenings. To follow along, visit endlessfrontierfilm.com or follow @endlessfrontierfilm on Instagram.
At a moment when public support for science matters more than ever, The Endless Frontier offers a rare, human look at the people behind the research, and we hope you’ll join us in supporting it.
