Flock of Dodos : The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus.
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[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 86 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 2006.
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Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus is the first feature length documentary to explore the Darwin vs. intelligent design controversy. Filmmaker/evolutionary ecologist/surfer Dr. Randy Olson pokes fun at both sides of this debate and eventually uses his own mother, Muffy Moose, to make sense out of the issue that both Time and Newsweek recently featured on their covers. He travels to his home state of Kansas, the top battle ground for evolution, where he sits down with his mother's neighbor, John Calvert, one of the top lawyers backing intelligent design, for a confrontation that leaves audiences squirming in their seats. "It's a reflection of the current culture wars," Olson says. "It's the age old split between science and religion, with a few new twists." Labeled by early audiences as "a polite Michael Moore," Olson challenges top advocates for intelligent design (including Dr. Michael Behe, author of Darwin's Black Box). With a sense of scientific inquiry, he tries to understand a movement that so misfired last year in Dover, PA., a Republican-Bush appointee judge labeled local efforts to teach intelligent design as, "breathtaking inanity." School districts are now grappling with the new efforts to introduce intelligent design, the movement evolutionists prefer to call, "creationism in a cheap tuxedo." However, Olson, in a surprising turn given his evolution background, also paints an unflattering portrait of his fellow scientists. Pulling together eight evolutionists for a night of poker, he reveals them to be arrogant, condescending, and self-certain until they eventually turn on themselves in a spat that sounds like...a flock of dodos. From the opening statistic (a pie chart in the form of an apple pie) the film provides equal amounts of laughter, guffaws, and eventually enough serious thought to prompt hours of discussion. And unlike recent political rants, the film maintains an atmosphere of fairness, allowing audiences from both sides to watch it together.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Olson, R. (2014). Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus . Kanopy Streaming.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Olson, Randy. 2014. Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus. Kanopy Streaming.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Olson, Randy. Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Olson, Randy. Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
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