21st Annual Virginia Film Festival

Aliens! 30 Oct - 2 Nov 2008


A Flock of Dodos (2006)

A Flock of Dodos is the first feature-length animated documentary to present both sides of the intelligent design/evolution clash. Filmmaker and former evolutionary ecologist, Randy Olsen, tries to make sense of the issue by visiting his home state of Kansas. At first it seems the problem lies with intelligent design, a movement labeled recently as “breathtaking inanity,”Â? by a federal judge. The advocates for Intelligent Design have a hard time making a solid case for their view, so why are they gaining so much traction in America? Because, says Olsen, they’re much nicer people to hang out with than the starched, contentious and somewhat overbearing scientists taking on the ID crowd. When a group of evolutionists convene for a night of poker and discussion, they end up sounding like “¦ a flock of you-know-whats.

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