About
Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels is a MacGillivray Freeman film presented by Edwards Lifesciences and Griffin Catalyst.
Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels explores the inner workings of the human body and the incredible breakthroughs in science and medical technologies that are allowing us to live longer, healthier lives. Told through the inspiring stories of researchers, scientists, and everyday people behind these ground-breaking medical innovations—and narrated by Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey—Superhuman Body shows the extraordinary ways our bodies work, and how STEM concepts help us to intervene, and even save lives, when things go wrong. An inspirational film about people getting second chances, Superhuman Body will inspire you, move you and empower you—you‘ll be amazed what your superhuman body can do!
RATING: G – General Audiences
RUNTIME: Approx. 45 minutes.
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Showtimes
Friday, April 04
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Saturday, April 05
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Sunday, April 06
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Monday, April 07
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Thursday, April 10
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Friday, April 11
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Saturday, April 12
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Sunday, April 13
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Monday, April 14
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Thursday, April 17
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Friday, April 18
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Saturday, April 19
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Sunday, April 20
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Monday, April 21
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Thursday, April 24
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Friday, April 25
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Saturday, April 26
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Sunday, April 27
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Monday, April 28
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About Superhuman Body The Film
From the wild rush of your bloodstream to the sudden firing of your nerve endings to the rocksteady drumbeat of your heart, your body is engaged in an astonishingly complex, unseen symphony of life-giving interactions every second of every day. When it works well, the human body is simply astonishing. But when it faces a crisis, the body’s ability to heal, to resiliently bounce back, and work in harmony with cleverly conceived technology, is among the world’s great wonders.
Now comes the story of how, when up against the toughest odds or pushed to extremes, the human body—but also the mind and spirit—so often triumph in inspirational ways. The body’s uncanny knack for overcoming adversity, and the determination of scientists, doctors, and engineers to make that a reality for more people, is celebrated in visually mesmerizing form in MacGillivray Freeman Film’s (MFF) Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels, narrated by Academy Award® winner Matthew McConnaughey and presented by Edwards Lifesciences and Griffin Catalyst.
Via a powerful mix of state-of-the-art CGI and the thrilling immediacy of the IMAX® experience, the film whisks audiences off on an “insider’s tour” through the body’s hidden workings and into the electrifying world of high-tech medical advances changing how humans survive and thrive. Even as it peers into the universe beneath the skin, the film also heads into the vast outdoors as surfers, climbers, and divers share stirring personal stories of meeting health challenges head-on.
At once action-packed and scientifically rigorous, Superhuman Body also proves to be one of MFF’s most emotional, hope-filled journeys yet—reveling not only in the body’s astounding capabilities but in the profound yearning of the human soul to always become better and give more.
In Superhuman Body, the body shares the spotlight with the marvels of human ingenuity, perseverance, tenacity, and renewal. A climber undergoes a pioneering heart valve operation, then shows his gratitude by helping others receive sight-restoring surgeries around the world. A brave teenager plunges into the ocean with whale sharks, a long-time dream achieved only because she was the first child to receive the revolutionary CAR T-cell therapy for leukemia, saving her life. An adaptive surfer contemplates what human strength and grit really mean as he masters the balance of wakesurfing for the very first time. A trailblazing robotics engineer brings the skills she used on NASA’s Mars Rover to design friendly, humanoid machines that will help patients recover faster.
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| Adults (ages 13-59) | $11.50 |
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| Military | $9.50 |
Groups: $8.50 per person for all groups
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Meet some of the stars of the film
These inspiring individuals and scientists play important roles and inspire us through the film Superhuman Body. Learn more about them and their background!
Dr. Ayanna Howard
Dr. Ayanna Howard is a pioneering roboticist, innovator, entrepreneur, and international expert in human-computer relationships. She is the first woman Dean of the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University where she focuses on designing robots that can teach, encourage and rehabilitate humans. Her accomplishments have been highlighted in publications like Time magazine, and Forbes named Dr. Howard to its America’s Top 50 Women in Tech list.
Hugh Herr
Stranded in a blizzard while rock climbing, a young Hugh Herr lost both legs below the knee, and soon began shaping prosthetics that could enable him to climb again. He turned his tragedy into an amazing career. He first earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering at MIT, then a PhD in biophysics from Harvard University. Today he co-leads the Yang Center for Bionics at MIT, where he has revolutionized the field of biomechatronics and has inspired millions with his positive influence and outlook on the future of adaptive limbs.You can find his TEDTalks and appearances on news and in documentaries on the internet.
James Garrett
James Garrett is a retired flight nurse and accomplished rock climber who volunteers his time training medical staff around the world to perform sight-restoring cataract surgeries. When he learned he had heart disease, he chose a revolutionary, non-invasive procedure called Transcathater Aortic Valve Replacement over open-heart surgery. It saved his life, and within days, he was rock climbing in Utah again.
Educational Resources
Family Activity Guide
Ages 5 to 14
Welcome to the Family Activity Guide for Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels, a film for IMAX® and giant screen theaters, about the greatest machine and greatest mystery on Earth, the human body.
We hope the film and the activities in this guide will illustrate how the many systems of our bodies function together, and how pioneers, researchers, innovators, doctors, bioengineers, as well as countless others are working day in and day out to ensure that our greatest machines are operating at top capacity. Innovations in the medical world have worked to fight disease, immune disorders, and cancer and are making strides each day to allow everyone to live their best, most effective lives.
The Superhuman Body film, as well as the activities in this guide, allow you to travel inside the most complex system we know to discover just how amazing the human body really is, what it’s capable of, and to see how people are uncovering solutions to our most pressing medical needs. Through engineering challenges, experiments, scavenger hunts, and more, this guide offers a variety of activities that allows learners to explore the body, discover how it’s evolved, and have a discussion about how the design of our world needs to reflect the diversity of people living in it.
Learning Labs
Grades 3 to 12
In this guide, you will find three Learning Labs that are designed to provide educational experiences to pair with the film, Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels. These inquiry-based, hands-on activities align with Next Generation Science Standards and are grade level specific experiences for grades 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
Each Learning Lab is designed to last approximately 45 minutes and emphasize teamwork and communication skills.
LEARNING LABS
The Learning Labs are individualized for grade bands (grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12). These labs can accompany the film and be used in your summer camps, overnight programs, scout programs, and/or school workshops. Each Learning Lab requires learners to work in groups of 3-5. The recommended class size for each activity is 25 learners. This will allow all learners to participate in the allotted time.
Educators Guide
Lessons for Grades K-12
The Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels Educator Guide was created by the Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Science Center (formerly Carnegie Science Center) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in partnership with MacGillivray Freeman Films.
This guide features lessons most appropriate for students in the following grade bands: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. The guide is most useful when used as a companion to the film but is also valuable as a resource on its own. Activities developed for this guide support the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Educators are strongly encouraged to adapt activities included in this guide to support specific state or national
standards and the needs of their students. This guide focuses on the amazing biology of the human body and how scientific discoveries and advances in engineering play a role in helping each of us live our best life.
All lesson plans and activities are designed for student inquiry, with communication and teamwork interwoven throughout. Lessons challenge students to learn through observation, engineering, testing and iterating ideas, and formulating conclusions based on data collection.
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