An ecology of mind
(DVD) 

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2010.

Includes bonus scenes.

Director, executive producer and scriptwriter: Nora Bateson ; co-producer and editor, David Sieburg ; cinematographers, Eric Thiermann ... [et al.].

Interviewees: Ralph Abraham, Lois Bateson, Mary Catherine Bateson, Steward Brand, Jerry Brown, Fritjof Capra, Terry Deacon, Tim Keanini, William Thompson.

"... a portrait of Gregory Bateson, celebrated anthropologist, philosopher, author, naturalist, and systems theorist. His story is lovingly told by his youngest daughter, Nora, with footage from Gregory's own films shot in the 1930s with his wife Margaret Mead in Bali and New Guinea, along with photographs, filmed lectures, and interviews. Gregory Bateson was a man who studied the interrelationships of the complex systems we live in with scientific rigor and enormous integrity. His theories, such as "the double bind" and "the pattern which connects", continue to impact the fields of anthropology, psychiatry, information science, cybernetics, urban planning, biology, and ecology, challenging people to think in new ways. Through this film, Nora Bateson sets out to show that his ideas are not just fodder for academic theory, but can help instruct a way of life. She presents his thinking using a richly personal perspective, focusing on the stories Bateson used to present his ideas and how the beauty of life itself provided the framework of his life's pursuits."--Publisher's website.

DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital 2.0.

Optional Englsih subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Santa Cruz Film Festival, Audience Award Best Documentary; Spokane International Film Festival, Best Documentary; John Culkin Award Outstanding Praxis Media Ecology Association.

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