
Becoming Immortal
Silicon Valley money is pouring into the idea that aging is a disease with a cure, and this film follows the scientists, entrepreneurs, and true believers betting on it. Aubrey de Grey argues that if you're not making enemies with your research, you're not pushing hard enough, while biotech founder Liz Parrish of BioViva talks about testing longevity treatments on herself rather than waiting for trials to finish. Millionaire Darren Moore has already arranged his own cryogenic tank, banking on preservation now and revival later, and Linda Chamberlain of Alcor explains what that arrangement actually involves once someone is legally dead. Science fiction writer Kathleen Ann Goonan adds a longer view on what a species without death would actually become. The film moves between these figures without settling the argument, treating cryonics, genetic reversal, and digital consciousness upload as competing bets rather than a single plan, and it keeps returning to who gets access if any of them work.