在这部超人是天才纪录片片中,A documentary which looks at the phenomenon of amazingly gifted people in music, science and the arts including child prodigies with jaw-dropping talents. Is their genius due to nature, or nurture? We meet 13-year-old Akiane who has been painting since the age of four and sells her pictures for huge sums of money. Kim Peek from Salt Lake City - who was the inspiration for the film Rain Man - has memorised over 12,000 books and is a walking encyclopaedia. Plus the eight-year-old studying chemistry at degree level.
Genius is mysterious and various. This show takes a look at five different geniuses, each of unique gifts and captures something of their lives and talents. There is Ainan Celeste Cawley, an eight year old science prodigy, studying Chemistry at degree level. There is also Akiane Kramarik, a child prodigy painter, Kim Peek, the famous savant, Ben Pridmore, a Memory Champion and Ariel Lanyi, a ten year old child prodigy pianist.
