“No Dinosaurs in Heaven” is getting mega-media attention! Check out new stories in the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, and USA Today.
TalkingScience, a blog of the Science Friday Initiative, has a great write-up on the recent film screening and panel discussion at the New York Academy of Science.
The film was selected as an “Editor’s Choice” in Science Books & Films, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. From their review:
“No Dinosaurs in Heaven chronicles the many significant issues and arguments necessary to understand and, in essence, to support the scientific basis for evolution. The film propels the viewer to the heart of the problem …with surprising results. With the awesome scenery of the Grand Canyon as a classroom, the viewer will be impressed with the conflict between creationism and the endeavor to prevent the religious attacks on the scientific basis for evolution. The subject of some films is meant to be tasted, while with other films such as No Dinosaurs in Heaven the subject matter should be chewed and digested.”
You can download the pdf of the entire review here: SB&F
Listen to the Science Odyssey podcast featuring director Greta Schiller interviewed by Clay Farris Naff, science writer and VP of Nebraska Citizens for Science, here: Science Odyssey.
Library Journal calls the film a “must-purchase”:
“Evolution vs. creationism, that is the question… The crux of the matter presented here is what is currently being taught to college students who intend to become science teachers. Issues of academic freedom and freedom of speech emerge as the participants share the filmmaker’s concern while speaking to their own experiences. Schiller skillfully resists padding the work with gorgeous scenery, which keeps the film under an hour. She focuses instead on the message that there is a problem in science education. Openly biased on the evolution side, this film is a must-purchase for academic libraries.”
Video Librarian gave it three stars:
“Veteran filmmaker and science buff Greta Schiller goes back to school late in life only to discover that the Gospel-based “creation science” of religious fundamentalists has infiltrated secular American education, even up to the college level in cosmopolitan New York City. Schiller joins a raft expedition in the Grand Canyon—led by Dr. Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education—that points out the absurdity of creationism’s view. Schiller returns to New York, visiting the American Museum of Natural History, as well as actual classrooms, where public school teachers must address the controversy head-on. Recommended (***).”
There’s also a nice mention in the recent issue of Booklist.
