Is a Mass Psychosis the Greatest Threat to Humanity? – how mass delusion forms through real, imagined or fabricated threats
Is a Mass Psychosis the Greatest Threat to Humanity? (Academy of Ideas, 27 February 2021)
The Testimonies Project: an important visual document of individual suffering from COVID-19 vaccines
“The Testimonies Project: Testimonies after COVID-19 vaccination” (The Israeli People’s Committee, 2021) In early 2021
Australian and New Zealand Films
The Philosophy of Byung-Chul Han: Western society as a landscape of over-achievement, exhaustion, stress and burnout
Joshua Krook, “The Philosophy of Byung-Chul Han” (28 February 2021) In his theory on mass
Why Do So Many Still Buy Into The Narrative? – a talk on mass psychosis in Western societies under pandemic conditions
Dan Astin-Gregory, “Why Do So Many Still Buy Into The Narrative?” (Dan Astin-Gregory / Pandemic
Rendezvous in Space: space exploration documentary with faith in humanity and scientific progress
Frank Capra, “Rendezvous in Space” (1964) A promotional industrial film made for the Martin Marietta
Public Latrines in Ancient Rome: a droll introduction to Classical Roman daily life, culture and attitudes
Garrett Ryan, “Public Latrines in Ancient Rome” (Toldinstone, 15 December 2021) In the space of
The Disastrous Liberation of the Philippines: how the US failed to end war and suffering in 1944 – 1945
Carlton Meyer, “The Disastrous Liberation of the Philippines” (Tales of the American Empire, 10 December
Australian and New Zealand Films
Rabbit-Proof Fence: a superficial tale doing no justice to its sources
Philip Noyce, “Rabbit-Proof Fence” (2002) Visually this is a beautiful film with an emphasis on
How a Fish Bankrupted the Roman Aristocracy: a tale of a culinary craze in classical society
Dr Garrett Ryan, “How a Fish Bankrupted the Roman Aristocracy” (Told In Stone, 27 November
Watership Down: exploring political freedom in the form of a foundation myth
Martin Rosen, John Hubley, “Watership Down” (1978) A vivid and beautifully presented tale, this British