The Believers@Chicago International Film Festival

Just returned home after seeing the fascinating premiere of “The Believers“, the Cold Fusion documentary made by 137 Films which is part of the Chicago International Film Festival. It will be shown again on October 20th at 2pm. The AMC River East 21 is located @ 322 E Illinois St, Chicago, Illinois 60611

More info. on the Chicago International Film Festival at: http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/

Synopsis of The Believers on 137 Films website:

"The Believers begins in March of 1989, when two respected scientists from the University of Utah stand in front of a wall of reporters; flashbulbs pop as the pair --- one shy, the other cracking jokes --- announce a startling claim: they can solve all the world’s energy problems using seawater, batteries, and the mysterious glass contraption they hold in their hands as they pose proudly for the US and international press. “Cold Fusion” is born. Within days, Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann are on the cover of Time Magazine. But, only three short months later, their careers in tatters and their reputations ruined, they flee the country and cold fusion becomes synonymous with "bad science."  Everyone - the press, the public, and especially the mainstream science community -  assume Cold Fusion is dead.

But there are those who refuse to accept that. More than twenty years after the infamous event, a band of professional and amateur scientists, a high school whiz kid and a Hollywood-based internet DJ are confident that Pons and Fleischmann were right after all and Cold Fusion will save the world. They're The Believers."