
THE LOTTERY OF BIRTH is the first in a three-part documentary series entitled 'Creating Freedom' exploring the relationship between freedom, power and control in Western democracies. The series draws together interviews with some of the world's leading intellectuals, journalists and activists to offer an alternative perspective on today's society and the future we're creating. We do not choose to exist, or the environment we grow up in. Our starting point in life is one of pa... (Full plot summary below)
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THE LOTTERY OF BIRTH is the first in a three-part documentary series entitled 'Creating Freedom' exploring the relationship between freedom, power and control in Western democracies. The series draws together interviews with some of the world's leading intellectuals, journalists and activists to offer an alternative perspective on today's society and the future we're creating. We do not choose to exist, or the environment we grow up in. Our starting point in life is one of passive reliance on forces over which we have no control. THE LOTTERY OF BIRTH shows that from birth onwards our minds are a battleground of competing forces: familial, educational, cultural, and professional. The outcome of this battle not only determines who we become, but the society that we create.
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| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohThe information it imparts is often important and definitely enlightening, but, God help us, the general delivery is as dry as dust. |
| New York TimesNicolas RapoldOn its own terms — setting aside the likelihood of knee-jerk political objections to its mission — it’s more convincing than many films pegged to specific causes. |
| Village VoiceZachary WigonThis picture may not have the structure of a more practiced documentary, but what it lacks in delivery it compensates for with fervency. |
| User ReviewBen SExcellent video based on principles of cognitive psychological science. This video will cause you to think. |
| User ReviewTamas Khighly recommended for all alphas and betas. |
| User ReviewGreg SDry presentation, but the ideas are of immense importance. Everyone should see this and open their eyes and their minds. |
| User ReviewRussell BAt a time in our country's history with so much divide on political and social issues, we sometimes do not realize how we form our opinion on such issues, and how other form totally different ones. This is a good documentary exploring how we are a product of our environment. |
| User ReviewMark WPretty cool film on birth, class warfare. check it out. |