Join Nora Bateson at the American Museum of Natural History to present the New York Premiere of her film An Ecology of Mind on September 12. http://www.amnh.org/calendar/event/An-Ecology-of-Mind/
An Ecology of Mind is an intimate and personal portrait of Gregory Bateson, celebrated anthropologist, philosopher, author, naturalist, and filmmaker. Directed by his daughter Nora Bateson, who will lead a discussion after the screening, this film includes footage from Bateson’s own films shot in the 1930s in Bali with Margaret Mead and in New Guinea along with photographs, filmed lectures, and interviews. Through contemporary interviews, and his words, Bateson reveals her father's practical approaches to the enormous challenges confronting the human race and the natural world.
Following the screening there will a discussion featuring director Nora Bateson with Mary Catherine Bateson, anthropologist and writer; Mary Pipher, psychotherapist and author; Brian Czech, president of the Center for the Advancement of Steady State Economics; Susan Oyama, Professor of Psychology at John Jay College; and Rex Weyler, cofounder of Greenpeace International.
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http://www.amnh.org/calendar/event/An-Ecology-of-Mind/
Ariella Ben-Dov
Artistic and Festival Director
Margaret Mead Film Festival
Manager, Public Programs
American Museum of Natural History
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