The lottery of birth [DVD video]

"Do you shape the world or does the world shape you? Is freedom something we are born with or something we must work to attain? Offering a torrent of mind-expanding ideas and information THE LOTTERY OF BIRTH is going to make you think again about what it means to be free. Drawing on the best minds in philosophy, history, psychology, physics and economics, it employs decades of evidence to interrogate what we are, where we are and where we want to be. From birth onwards our minds are a battleground of competing forces. The outcome of this battle determines the society we create. This is a film about the cultural, educational, political and commercial forces that shape our identities, often in ways that limit both our personal and political freedom. Whether you're into philosophy, economics or simply being a better person than you were born to be, you can't afford to miss this film. THE LOTTERY OF BIRTH is the first film in a groundbreaking new three-part documentary series: CREATING FREEDOM. The series as a whole explores the most urgent questions of power, control and freedom in modern democracies ..."--Mangu.TV website.

General Note:

Title from container.

Special features: extended interviews with Daniel Dennett, Steven Pinker, Jeff Schmidt and Howard Zinn.

Performers:

Narrator, Nicholas Woodeson ; featuring interviews with: Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva, Steven Pinker, George Monbiot, Kathleen Taylor, Daniel Dennett, Tony Benn, Bill Fletcher Jr., Jeff Schmidt, Stanley Aronowitz, Nick Davies, Michael Albert.

Contents:

Introduction -- Birth -- Education -- Employment -- Obedience -- Questioning -- Creativity.

Technical Details:

DVD, all regions, NTSC, widescreen; stereo.

Subject Term:

Liberty -- Social aspects.

Equality -- Social aspects.

Social change -- Philosophy.

Social action -- Philosophy.

Social justice.

Social structure.

Social perception.