Branson (2022)

Sixteen days before Richard Branson is scheduled to make a potentially historic flight as the first passenger to reach space in his own spacecraft in July 2021 the billionaire entrepreneur sits down for a conversation with acclaimed filmmaker Chris Smith in light of the risk that lies ahead Smith ultimately takes us on an expansive and intimate 70year journey from Bransons upbringing as the son of a spirited toughlove mother in Britain to his pursuits of extreme personal daredevilry that serve both to grow his businesses brands and feed his insatiable lifelong thirst for highstakes adventure With added insight from family members business associates and journalists and illustrated by decades of archival and home video footage Branson reveals the ups and downs of a man driven by risk taking in both his business and personal life reflecting on the costs and rewards of his lifelong relentless optimism and boundarypushing