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James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

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Overview

Explore the evolution of sci-fi from its origins as a small genre with a cult following to the blockbuster pop-cultural phenomenon we know today. In each episode, James Cameron introduces one of the “Big Questions” that humankind has contemplated throughout the ages and reaches back into sci-fi’s past to better understand how our favorite films, TV shows, books, and video games were born.

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James Cameron

James Cameron

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Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

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About James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction is a documentary, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2018 exploring themes of artificial intelligence (a.i.), space travel, time travel, alien, cult figure, filmmaking. it stars James Cameron, Keanu Reeves. Explore the evolution of sci-fi from its origins as a small genre with a cult following to the blockbuster pop-cultural phenomenon we know today. In each episode, James Cameron introduces one of the “Big Questions” that humankind has contemplated throughout the ages and reaches back into sci-fi’s past to better understand how our favorite films, TV shows, books, and video games were born.

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