Films I made
All these films are available for free download if you click on the NAME and there is a you tube link underneath.
CLICK ON THE NAMES NOT THE PICTURES
CLICK ON THE NAMES NOT THE PICTURES
WISH YOU WERE HERE – Animal extinctions. There is music, it starts 30 seconds in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89poKFtxDIM
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HOW FAR IS IT FROM HERE TO NUREMBERG – A video for a David Rovics song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tutHLG3GI4g
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IMPERIAL MEASURES – A film about Iraq. I made it last year so one or two of the stats are out of date now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGbObbGmdzI
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PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION – This was a REAL song from World War 2. I was so stunned by it I had to make a movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dryBNYaj1sA
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GORILLAS AND US – Douglas Adams didn’t like creationism – neither do I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbJ8xhJqKps
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WHAT YOU LIKE – I believe the word for this is splenetic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE9dFf1X9hM
Thanks for those films. I’ve watched a couple of them and will watch the others soon. In particular, I thought Gorillas and Us was excellent (note: the link from the title is broken, so I watched it on YouTube… might be worth updating the link?). The film made the point clearly and succinctly. Nice one.
That said, the pedant in me doesn’t like to hear (or read) phrases like “Douglas Adams didn’t like creationism – neither do I”
Personally I think creationism is fine; it’s creationists that get on my nerves. “Creationism” (i.e. the belief that an omnipotent god, in our own image, supernaturally created the entire universe in a defined period of time) is simply our culture’s creation myth. It’s no different to the myth among the Iatmul of New Guinea that Kevembuangga (the great culture hero) slew the gian crocodile, Kavwokmali, whose constant paddling kept the universe in a state of chaos. With the death of Kavwokmali, water and dry land could finally separate from one another, and the world as we know it came into being.
Creation myths are an important part of any culture. The problem stems from the fact that our own culture has developed (possibly the first time this has happened) a clear and important distinction between myth and history. Creationists are those who appear unable to adjust to this new model of reality. Because this distinction doesn’t exist in Iatmul culture (for instance), the notion of “creationism” Vs. the scientific explanation is meaningless.
In a culture where such a distinction does exist, however, it’s clearly not meaningless. Which is why creationists are so annoying.
Anthropologically speaking, however, there is much to be learned by comparing and contrasting the creation myths of various cultures (including our own). Few have written so well on this as Gregory Bateson (see The Science of Mind and Order, for a short and accessible introduction).
Oh Michael,that film “I wish you were here” is very sweet