Independent Lens · SEASON 10
Wonders Are Many: The Making of "Doctor Atomic"
Episode 7 · 2008-12-16

- Documentary
Episode overview
Filmmaker Immy Humes presents a portrait of her father, the legendary forgotten novelist and counterculture icon Harold Louis "Doc" Humes. Doc’s friends and family—including Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Timothy Leary, William Stryon, Peter Matthiessen, Paul Auster, and Jonas Mekas—weaving together a story of politics, literature, protest and mental illness, shedding light on an original mind as well as the cultural history of postwar America.
60 minutes
Season 10 episodes
1. Chicago 102008-10-22
2. Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey2008-10-28
3. Knee Deep2008-11-06
4. Lioness2008-11-13
5. March Point2008-11-18
6. The Atom Smashers2008-11-25
7. Wonders Are Many: The Making of "Doctor Atomic"2008-12-16
8. Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic'2008-12-16
9. Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway2008-12-23
10. Helvetica2009-01-06
11. Adjust You Color: The Truth of Petey Greene2009-02-03
12. Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene2009-02-03
13. The Order of Myths/Bi-Racial Hair2009-02-24
14. The Order of Myths2009-02-24
15. Lakshmi and Me2009-03-24
16. Recycle2009-03-31
17. Milking the Rhino2009-04-07
18. Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai2009-04-14
19. Steal a Pencil for Me2009-04-21
20. At Home in Utopia2009-04-28
21. Wings of Defeat2009-05-05
22. Crips and Bloods: Made in America2009-05-12
23. Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors2009-05-19
24. Steal a Pencil for Me2009-05-26
25. Ask Not2009-06-16