Movie Review: Expelled

Smart use of vintage newsroom footage meshed with classic Hollywood film snippets helps lend credence to both points of view. Using the Berlin Wall as a metaphor this stark look at the arguments for and against Darwin’s views examines the rights of a people to freedom of thought and speech. Here we see how certain educators have literally been banished from teaching over concerns about their published papers.

Direct contact with scores of academics and commentators helps reveal how deep seeded views are. Even Hitler is brought into the scenario with his program of Eugenics, an effort to weed out so-called “inferior” people. Quick trips to Europe and Seattle’s own Microsoft Edmonds centre give us deep insight into top thinkers on all sides of this seemingly age old debate.

Perhaps more suited as a television presentation Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed nevertheless is a smart film about our origins and the contrasting viewpoints on just how we came into being.

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