Emperor of Time

Director: Drew Christie
Screenwriters: Drew Christie

Institute History

  • 2016 Sundance Film Festival

Description

This is the story of the first motion pictures ever photographed, as told by the son of Eadweard Muybridge.

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The mostly true story of Dr. John Romulus Brinkley, an eccentric genius who built an empire with his goat-testicle impotence cure and a million-watt radio station. Animated reenactments, interviews, archival footage, and one seriously unreliable narrator trace his rise from poverty to celebrity and influence in 1920s America.

Screening Details

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