Eliyahu Rips: The Burning (2016)
• May 4th, 2016 • 0h 55min
Documentary
Overview
In April 1969 Ilya (Eliyahu) Rips, then a young student of mathematics, tried to burn himself in a public square in Riga, Latvia protesting against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. He was stopped and eventually sent to a psychiatric hospital for two years. Thanks to international pressure from the mathematical community in 1972 he was allowed to emigrate to Israel. Now he is considered one of the most brilliant mathematicians in the world. At the same time, for most people familiar with his name, Rips is first of all associated with the development of the so called Bible Code – a mathematical program allegedly helping to decipher hidden messages encoded in Torah – the Five Books of Moses. He is attacked by both the scientific and religious community, yet his research continues.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Rise of the Synths
Released on: 2019-11-15
Documentary
A documentary about the Synthwave scene, nostalgia and the universe of creating sounds. A love lette...
Sexo en el plató
Released on: 2007-04-09
Documentary, TV Movie
How are the sex scenes filmed? What tricks are used to fake the desire? How do the interpreters prep...
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Released on: 1998-02-04
Documentary
A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder
Històries de Bruguera
Released on: 2012-04-20
Documentary
The history of Bruguera, the most important comic publisher in Spain between the 1940s and the 1980s...
The Sun and Richard Lippold
Released on: 1966-01-01
Documentary
Documentary examining the work of sculptor Richard Lippold, particular his sculpture of the sun at t...
Clouds Are Not Spheres
Released on: 2010-01-01
Documentary
Until recently geometry was 'cold', incapable of describing the irregular shape of a cloud, the slop...
Henry Kissinger: Secrets of a Superpower
Released on: 2008-12-15
Documentary
Though Henry Kissinger is often giving short statements to the media, he refuses detailed interviews...
The Genesis Solution
Released on: 1987-01-01
Documentary
How does Genesis relate to the "real world?" Does it matter whether one believes in Creation or Evol...
Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star
Released on: 2017-05-13
Documentary
Martin Scorsese is among those paying tribute to Gene Tierney, the Academy Award-nominated American ...
30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story
Released on: 2017-09-20
Documentary
The Garbage Pail Kids are 30 years old. Celebrate their gross-out greatness with artist interviews, ...
The History in the Gaze
Released on: 2011-04-15
History, Documentary
The film portraits the stage previous to the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution, from the end of Por...
True Legends - Episode 3: Holocaust of Giants
Released on: 2017-05-05
Documentary
In this explosive episode, Steve Quayle, Timothy Alberino, and Tom Horn pick up the trail of the Ana...
Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life
Released on: 2017-06-08
Documentary
This compelling Documentary moves beyond the spotlight and past the attention-grabbing headlines to ...
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Released on: 2001-05-08
Documentary
A documentary film on the making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Echo of the Mountain
Released on: 2015-06-11
Documentary
Echo of the Mountain takes a look at the life and work of Santos de la Torre, a great Huichol artist...
Happy on the Ground: 8 Days at Grammy Camp
Released on: 2011-04-16
Documentary
Talented teen musicians from around the USA spend a week working with Grammy nominated professionals