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Looking for Sapiens / film by Pauline Coste.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Human beings--history.
- Human evolution.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Short films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (57 minutes)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
- Place of Publication:
- Eugene, Oregon : Heritage Broadcasting Service, [2018]
- Language Note:
- In English and French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- [English version] "Looking for Sapiens" is a fictional documentary project that questions the image of "Prehistoric Man." It looks to explore the clichés we have inherited from the 19th century about our prehistoric ancestor - the "caveman." Does it make sense that the people who produced glorious cave paintings wore small outfits of skin, carried big clubs, pierced their noses with bones, and wore disheveled hair? That the men didn't have three neurons and barely possessed an understandable language while dragging their wives by the hair? The film consults prehistorians and enthusiasts about how we can see and normalize a more accurate vision of these Paleolithic populations, a vision based on scientific research. [French version] Looking for Sapiens explore les clichés que nous avons sur l'Homme Préhistorique, issus du XIXème siècle, et interroge préhistoriens et passionnés sur ce qui pourrait être une vision plus "juste" de ces populations paléolithiques, sur la base des recherches scientifiques. Il vous semble une évidence que l'Homme des Cavernes portait une petite tenue de peau, un gros gourdin, un os dans le nez et les cheveux en bataille? Qu'il n'avait pas trois neurones et à peine une langue compréhensible? Et qu'il tirait sa femme par les cheveux? Et bien ce film est fait pour vous ! Toutes ces idées reçues que vous avez sur la Préhistoire sont fausses, et nous allons vous le prouver... par ce documentaire!
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on July 10, 2024).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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