Filmmaker Statement

The point of departure for this film is the Gaia Hypothesis, formulated by the ecologists Lynn Margulis and James Lovelock. In this context, humans are not a virus that has infected this planet. Rather, our species is part of a continuum of the evolution of life by (and for) this planet. In effect, we are a conduit through which the planet is developing her capacity for intelligence and, dare we say, consciousness. Like all species that have come before us, Homo sapiens will eventually be supplanted by a more advanced expression of life. What will that look like? How far out into our galaxy will it reach? This film paints the picture of one of many possible directions in which that could go. It is also a reminder that, even though Life does go on, it also eventually ends - even for a planet.