Reich: Three Tales
2002
Music
Documentary
Overview
"Three Tales" is a video music work by American composer Steve Reich and video artist Beryl Korot. It is set in three "Acts", each depicting a technological advance of the 20th century and its negative implications on humanity: the dirigible airship Hindenburg and its explosion; the Atom Bomb and its testing on Bikini Atoll; and Dolly the sheep, first successful genetic cloning of a mammal.
Cast
Richard Dawkins
Self
Kevin Warwick
Self
Freya von Moltke
Self
Steven Pinker
Self
Robert Pollack
Self
Ruth Deech
Self
Adin Steinsaltz
Self
James Watson
Self
Joshua Getzler
Self
Gina Kolata
Directors
Beryl Korot