Sam Harris
Biography: Sam Harris is the author of the bestselling books The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, Lying, and Waking Up. The End of Faith won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction. His writing and public lectures cover a wide range of topics—neuroscience, moral philosophy, religion, spirituality, violence, human reasoning—but generally focus on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live. Mr. Harris and his work have been discussed in The New York Times, Time, Scientific American, Nature,Rolling Stone, and many other journals. He has written for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Economist, The Times (London), The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, The Annals of Neurology, among others. His work has been published in more than 15 languages. Mr. Harris is a cofounder and the CEO of Project Reason, a nonprofit foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society. He received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 09, 1967
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The God Who Wasn't There
2005-05-21
The God Who Wasn't There
Overview: Did Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity as a whole.
Genres: Documentary Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-21
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Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Episode 1: The Four Horsemen
2008-01-10
Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Episode 1: The Four Horsemen
Overview: Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens sits down for an unmoderated 2-hour discussion on religion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-10
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Waking Up
2015-01-06
Waking Up
Overview: In the fall of 2014, Sam Harris staged a series of live events—in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco—to coincide with the publication of his book, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion. In these talks, Harris discussed a range of experiences that have traditionally been considered “spiritual”—in particular the phenomenon of self-transcendence. Although such experiences tell us nothing about the origins of the cosmos, they confirm some well-established truths about the human mind: Our conventional sense of self is an illusion; positive emotions, such as compassion and serenity, are teachable skills; and the way we think can profoundly influence our lives and the lives of others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-06
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The Unbelievers
2013-12-13
The Unbelievers
Overview: Scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss travel the globe promoting a scientific worldview and the rational questioning of religious belief.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-13
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The God Debate II
2011-04-12
The God Debate II
Overview: The second annual God Debate features atheist neuroscientist Sam Harris and Evangelical Christian apologist William Lane Craig as they debate the topic: "Is Good From God?" The debate was sponsored in large part by the Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters: The Henkels Lecturer Series, The Center for Philosophy of Religion and the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-12
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Atheist Alliance International Convention 2007
2008-05-05
Atheist Alliance International Convention 2007
Overview: The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science presents a DVD collection of 9 speakers from the Atheist Alliance International 2007 Convention (AtheistAlliance.org) held in Washington, D.C. Hear from some of the world's leading rationalists on a variety of subjects including suicide terrorism (Thomson), the Intelligent Deign movement (Scott), Islam (Hirsi Ali), church/state separation (Tabash), "The OUT Campaign" and the labeling of children (Dawkins), atheism, religion and much more. Q&A sessions follow most of the talks.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-05
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Holy Wars
2010-01-01
Holy Wars
Overview: Take one Muslim advocate for global jihad and put him in a room with one conservative Christian on a mission to evangelize the world's Muslims. Which man will be left standing? Touching down in four hotbeds of religious fundamentalism - Pakistan, Lebanon, UK, and heartland America - HolyWars goes behind the scenes of the 1400 year old conflict between Islam and Christianity. The film follows a danger-seeking Christian missionary and a radical Muslim Irish convert, both of whom believe in an apocalyptic battle, after which their religion will ultimately rule the world. Tracking their lives from the onset of the "War on Terror" to the election of Barack Obama, HolyWars shows that even the most radical of believers can be transformed by our changing world
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Islam and the Future of Tolerance
2018-12-11
Islam and the Future of Tolerance
Overview: In the thick of a controversial war of ideas, two enlightening figures, Sam Harris, an atheist and a critic of religion, and Maajid Nawaz, an Islamist-turned-liberal activist, partake in an engaging dialogue on the state of Islam, its potential reform, the militant ideology of Islamism, and where all this lays in a secular world.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-11
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Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things
2015-09-26
Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things
Overview: How might your life be better with less? The popular simple-living duo The Minimalists examines the many flavors of minimalism by taking the audience inside the lives of minimalists from various walks of life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-26
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Blood on the Sun
1945-04-26
Blood on the Sun
Overview: Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-26
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