Starlet and screen siren Hedy Lamarr was actually so much more. From her 1933 role in an erotic film to her multiple inventions—including an untraceable radio-controlled torpedo signal and the cellular technology now used in WiFi—Lamarr lived a very full life. Alexandra Dean’s eye-opening documentary portrait weaves together rare recordings and interviews with excerpts from Lamarr’s own diary to reveal this genius of science and film. Narrated by Susan Sarandon and voiced by Diane Kruger.
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
May 22, 6:00: Q&A with filmmaker Alexandra Dean
“A masterful portrait of a most complex character... Restores Lamarr’s rightful place in the history not only of film, but of science as well.”
"A thoroughly engaging, eye-opening showbiz doc!"
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Q&A with filmmaker Alexandra Dean
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Alexandra Dean is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and producer. She produced news-magazine documentaries for PBS before becoming a series and documentary producer at Bloomberg television, producing the series Innovators, Adventures and Pursuits. She also writes about invention for Businessweek magazine. Today, she is a founding partner at Reframed Pictures.
Q&A with filmmaker Alexandra Dean
Wednesday, Mar. 14 2018, 7:30
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Alexandra Dean is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and producer. She produced news-magazine documentaries for PBS before becoming a series and documentary producer at Bloomberg television, producing the series Innovators, Adventures and Pursuits. She also writes about invention for Businessweek magazine. Today, she is a founding partner at Reframed Pictures.
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