Flight From Death: The Quest for Immortality

Aroview: A thought-provoking TV essay - based on the theories of Ernest Becker and explained by various high-powered academics - about humankind's relationship with death and how this underlies our sense of human solidarity and destiny.

Using a range of eloquent speakers, laboratory experiments and newsreel footage, dir. Shen propounds on how an awareness of one's mortality may provoke 'denial reactions' of violence and conflict. While such theories are debateable, there is a great deal of startling insight and probing questions in this analysis to mull over. Narrated by Gabriel Byrne.

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