The Power of Play (2019)
2019 · 0h 52m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
Lizards do it. Even fish do it. The animal world is showing us why play is a serious matter. Through a combination of ongoing experiments, reconstructed experiments and guided observation, 'The Power of Play' reveals surprising truths about play in the natural world.
Director: Christine McLean
Writers: Christine McLean
Music by: Blain Morris
Cinematography: Becky Parsons
Editor: Warren Jefferies
Cast
Stuart Brown as Self (Play Researcher)Mariana Brussoni as Self (Developmental Psychologist)Gordon Burghardt as Self (Reptile Researcher)Matthew Cooper as Self (Neuroscientist)Geoff D'Eon as Narrator (voice)Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter as Self (Child Psychologist)Kathy Hirsh-Pasek as Self (Developmental Psychologist)Kathryn Kegel as Self (Seattle Aquarium)Elisabetta Palagi as Self (Primate Researcher)Sergio Pellis as Self (Neuroscientist)Jonathan Pruitt as Self (Behavioral Ecologist)More like this
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