{"id":1007338,"date":"2015-09-29T01:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/?p=1007338"},"modified":"2016-09-24T21:23:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T04:23:34","slug":"human-the-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2015\/09\/human-the-movie.html","title":{"rendered":"<i>Human: The Movie<\/i> Features Interviews with 2,020 People from 60 Countries on What It Means to Be Human"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"oc-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-container\">\n\t<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vdb4XGVTHkE?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- \/oc-video-embed -->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/oc-video-wrapper --><\/p>\n<p>What is it that makes us human? And how best to ensure that we all get our fair say?<\/p>\n<p>For direc\u00adtor, pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adph\u00ader, and envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal activist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yannarthusbertrand.org\/en\/biography\">Yann Arthus-Bertrand<\/a>, the answers lay in fram\u00ading all of his inter\u00adview sub\u00adjects using&nbsp;the same sin\u00adgle image lay\u00adout. The for\u00admal sim\u00adplic\u00adi\u00adty and unwa\u00adver\u00ading gaze of his new doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yannarthusbertrand.org\/en\/films-tv\/human\">Human<\/a><\/em>, encour\u00adage view\u00aders to per\u00adceive his 2,020 sub\u00adjects as equals in the sto\u00adry\u00adtelling realm.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a deep diver\u00adsi\u00adty of expe\u00adri\u00adences on dis\u00adplay here, arranged for max\u00adi\u00admum res\u00ado\u00adnance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oc-center-da\">\n<div data-fuse=\"22871471544\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The qui\u00adet\u00adly con\u00adtent first wife of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2015\/06\/gay-marriage-decision-polygamy-119469\">polyg\u00ada\u00admist mar\u00adriage<\/a> is fol\u00adlowed by a polyamorous fel\u00adlow, whose uncon\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal lifestyle is a source of both tor\u00adment and joy.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a death row inmate. A lady so con\u00adfi\u00addent she&nbsp;appears with her hair in curlers.<\/p>\n<p>Where on earth did he find them?<\/p>\n<p>His sub\u00adjects hail from 60 coun\u00adtries. Arthus-Bertrand obvi\u00adous\u00adly went out of his way to be inclu\u00adsive, result\u00ading in&nbsp;a wide spec\u00adtrum of gen\u00adder and&nbsp;sex\u00adu\u00adal ori\u00aden\u00adta\u00adtions, and&nbsp;sub\u00adjects with dis\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adties,&nbsp;one a Hiroshi\u00adma sur\u00advivor.<\/p>\n<p>Tears, laugh\u00adter, con\u00adflict\u00ading emo\u00adtions\u2026 stu\u00addents of the\u00adater and psy\u00adchi\u00ada\u00adtry&nbsp;would do well&nbsp;to book\u00admark this page. There\u2019s a lot one can glean from observ\u00ading these sub\u00adjects\u2019 unguard\u00aded faces.<\/p>\n<p>The project was inspired by an impromp\u00adtu chat with a Malian farmer. The direc\u00adtor was impressed by the frank\u00adness with which this stranger spoke&nbsp;of his life and dreams:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>I dreamed of a film in which the pow\u00ader of words would res\u00adonate with the beau\u00adty of the world. Putting the ills of human\u00adi\u00adty at the heart of my work\u2014poverty, war, immi\u00adgra\u00adtion, homophobia\u2014I made cer\u00adtain choic\u00ades. Com\u00admit\u00adted, polit\u00adi\u00adcal choic\u00ades. But the men talked to me about every\u00adthing: their dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty in grow\u00ading as well as their love and hap\u00adpi\u00adness. This rich\u00adness of the human word lies at the heart of Human.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In Vol\u00adume I, above, the inter\u00advie\u00adwees con\u00adsid\u00ader love, women, work, and pover\u00adty. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ShttAt5xtto\">Vol\u00adume II <\/a>deals with war, for\u00adgive\u00adness, homo\u00adsex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty, fam\u00adi\u00adly, and the after\u00adlife. Hap\u00adpi\u00adness, edu\u00adca\u00adtion, dis\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty, immi\u00adgra\u00adtion, cor\u00adrup\u00adtion, and the mean\u00ading of life are the con\u00adcerns of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\">third vol\u00adume<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>The inter\u00adview seg\u00adments are bro\u00adken up by aer\u00adi\u00adal sequences, rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcent of the images in Arthus-Bertrand\u2019s book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Liq3wH\">The Earth from Above<\/a><\/em>. It\u2019s a good reminder of how small we all are in the grand scheme of things.<\/p>\n<p>Appro\u00adpri\u00adate\u00adly, giv\u00aden the sub\u00adject mat\u00adter, and the director\u2019s long\u00adtime inter\u00adest in envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal issues, the film\u00ading and pro\u00admo\u00adtion were accom\u00adplished in the most sus\u00adtain\u00adable way, with the sup\u00adport of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodplanet.org\/\">Good\u00adPlan\u00adet Foun\u00adda\u00adtion<\/a> and the Unit\u00aded Car\u00adbon Action pro\u00adgram. It would be love\u00adly for all human\u00adi\u00adty if this is a fea\u00adture of film\u00admak\u00ading going for\u00adward.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/culturalinstitute\/project\/human-the-movie?hl=en\">The Google Cul\u00adtur\u00adal Insti\u00adtute has a col\u00adlec\u00adtion of relat\u00aded mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal<\/a>, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/culturalinstitute\/exhibit\/human-the-making-of-the-soundtrack\/AAICuwMa4XHcLg?projectId=human-the-movie&amp;hl=en\">mak\u00ading of the sound\u00adtrack<\/a> to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/culturalinstitute\/exhibit\/human-behind-the-camera\/5wKS2WbXTyj_Jg?projectId=human-the-movie&amp;hl=en&amp;position=1%3A0\">behind-the-scenes rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcences of the inter\u00adview team<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Human<\/em> will be added to our col\u00adlec\u00adtion, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/freemoviesonline\">4,000+ Free Movies Online: Great Clas\u00adsics, Indies, Noir, West\u00aderns, Doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtaries &amp; More<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relat\u00aded Con\u00adtent:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2015\/02\/what-makes-us-human-chomsky-locke-marx.html\">What Makes Us Human?: Chom\u00adsky, Locke &amp; Marx Intro\u00adduced by New Ani\u00admat\u00aded Videos from the BBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2012\/06\/richard_dawkins_explains_why_there_was_never_a_first_human_being.html\">Richard Dawkins Explains Why There Was Nev\u00ader a First Human Being<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2011\/03\/freesapolskycourse.html\">Biol\u00ado\u00adgy That Makes Us Tick: Free Stan\u00adford Course by Robert Sapol\u00adsky<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ayunhalliday.com\/\"><i>Ayun Hal\u00adl\u00adi\u00adday <\/i><\/a><i>is an author, illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, and Chief Pri\u00adma\u00adtol\u00ado\u00adgist of the East Vil\u00adlage Inky zine. Her new play, <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/ayunhalliday.com\/theater\/fawnbook\/\"><i>Fawn\u00adbook<\/i><\/a><i>, opens in New York City lat\u00ader this fall. Fol\u00adlow her <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AyunHalliday\"><i>@AyunHalliday<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 10px 0\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ShttAt5xtto\u201d&gt;Volume<\/div>\n<p>What is it that makes us human? And how best to ensure that we all get our fair say? For direc\u00adtor, pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adph\u00ader, and envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal activist Yann Arthus-Bertrand, the answers lay in fram\u00ading all of his inter\u00adview sub\u00adjects using&nbsp;the same sin\u00adgle image lay\u00adout. 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