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Dates:
16–20 November 2015

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Slingshot

Country: USA
Year: 2014
Director: Paul Lazarus
Genre: documentary
Language: English
Translation: russian subtitles
Time: 1 hour 28 minutes
Возраст: 16+

SlingShot focuses on noted Segway inventor Dean Kamen and his work to solve the world's water crisis. An eccentric genius with a provocative world view, Kamen is an inspiration for future scientists. His inventions help people in need and ease suffering. SlingShot is about an indomitable man who just might have enough passion and innovative thinking to create a solution for a crisis affecting billions. Kamen lives in a house with secret passages, a closet full of denim and a helicopter garage. His latest passion: the SlingShot water purification system created to obliterate half of human illness on the planet. Kamen reminisces about improving home dialysis technology and choosing to forgo parenthood while lamenting he has only one lifetime for inventing. SlingShot is both an inspirational character study and a look at Kamen's vapor compression distiller from its earliest development through recent trials in rural Ghana and beyond.

Awards and festivals:

Boston International Film Festival - Best Director, Special Award
Florida International Film Festival - Best Documentary, Audience Award
San Jose Film Festival - Audience Award, Kaiser Thrive Award
New Hampshire International Film Festival - Film of the Year, Vam MacLeod Award
Kansas International Film Festival - Audience Award

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