Supernumerary Fellow Professor Charles Foster features in ‘Life and Other Problems’ documentary
Exeter College Supernumerary Fellow Professor Charles Foster features prominently in a philosophical documentary feature film, Life and Other Problems, which has just premiered at the CPH:DOX Film Festival in Copenhagen.
Life and Other Problems, directed by Max Kestner, will compete for CPH:DOX Film Festival’s main prize, the DOX:AWARD. Speaking ahead of the premiere, Niklas Engstrøm, artistic director for CPH:DOX, said: ‘Life and Other Problems is an eternally relevant story about the value of life and the quest to make sense of one’s own — and all of our — existence. With his new film, Max Kestner has created a deeply personal tour de force through the scientific answers to what we know about life, fir trees, animal rights activists, and just how much imagination a Chinese giant salamander really has. It has become nothing short of a fantastic film that challenges our worldview, stimulates both the mind and the funny bone, and leaves one wiser and almost euphoric — about life, if you will.’
Professor Foster, whose books include Being Human, Being a Beast, and Cry of the Wild, appears in the movie in a number of places, talking about living sustainably, about animal and human consciousness, and about what the interior lives of wolves and killer whales might be.
