CREEDS OF OUR TIMES

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

Journey of Man (120 min; 2003; dvd; English)

Directed by Clive Maltby

 

A scientist attempts to answer the question of how humanity spread itself across the globe. The film focuses on the research of geneticist Dr. Spencer Wells, who wants to prove his theory that the global migration of man began with a tribe of Africans who, battered by famine and drought, left their home literally searching for greener pastures some 60,000 years ago. Wells leaves his laboratory behind and sets out on a research mission in which he attempts to trace the common genetic thread which connect such varied travellers as the Aborigines of Australia, the Bushmen of Namibia, and the Native Peoples of North America

 

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)