Documentary, the Examined Life by Astra Taylor, has been added to EarthSayers.tv, voices of sustainability in the Culture and Consciousness special collection.

Astra Taylor

Examined Life is a 2008 documentary film directed by Astra Taylor. The film features eight influential contemporary philosophers walking around New York and other metropolises and discussing the practical application of their ideas in modern culture.

The philosophers featured are Cornel West, Avital Ronell, Peter Singer, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Martha Nussbaum, Michael Hardt, Slavoj Žižek, and Judith Butler, who is accompanied by Taylor’s sister Sunny, a disability activist.

Ruth Ann Barrett, Sustainability Advocate, February 11, 2011, Portland, Oregon