Still a Revolutionary: Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a world renowned celebrity, greeted like a rock star whenever he appeared in public. An outspoken social and political activist, Einstein was an anti-war firebrand who was on the right side of controversial issues like women’s rights, racism and nuclear arms control. He warned the world early on that Hitler was intent on war and the destruction of the Jewish people, and was strategic and effective in helping to rescue Jews from the Nazis before World War II. In the 65 years since his death his fiery image has been neutered into that of a charmingly unworldly genius, preoccupied with the rarefied world of physics. Using a wealth of rarely seen archival footage, letters to and from Einstein, and new and illuminating interviews, filmmaker Julia Newman goes beyond the legend to tell the inspiring and true story of the 20th Century’s most famous savant.