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System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Closed captioning available. |
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Title from title frames. |
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Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |
| Performers |
Narrator, Seana McKenna. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, John M. Tran ; editors, Dave Kazala ; original score, Alex Khaskin. |
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Originally produced by: Divided Brain Media, Inc., ©2018. |
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8 and up. |
| Summary |
This film is a mind-altering odyssey about one man's quest to prove a growing imbalance in our brains, and to help us understand how this makes us increasingly unable to grapple with critical economic, environmental and social issues; ones that shape our very future as a species. The film follows Dr. Iain McGilchrist on a journey of discovery as he travels to meet his champions and critics and defends his vision on the implications of his theory. Dr. McGilchrist is a soft-spoken British psychiatrist and neuroscientist who may have uncovered an insidious problem with the way our brains function. He believes that one half of our brain--the left hemisphere--is slowly taking power, and that we in the Western world are simultaneously feeding its ambitions. This half of the brain is very proficient at creating technologies, procedures and systems, but it cannot understand the implications of these on the people and the world around it. Has our society been hijacked by the left hemisphere? |
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Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed May 18, 2021). |
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Cerebral hemispheres -- Social aspects.
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Neurosciences -- Social aspects.
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Thought and thinking.
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Social problems.
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Documentary films. |
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Nonfiction films. |
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Docuseek Video Collection.
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| Alt Author |
Becker, Manfred, film director.
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Dylyn, Vanessa, film producer, screenwriter.
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Milton, Steve, screenwriter.
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McGilchrist, Iain, on-screen participant.
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McKenna, Seanna, narrator.
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Documentary Channel (Television network : Canada), production company.
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Divided Brain Media (Firm), production company.
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Bullfrog Films, distributor.
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bf-dbrn Docuseek2 |
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