![]() ![]() ![]() He was on Reddit and saw something, and he's like, "We should make a documentary about flat Earthers, because I don't think anyone's ever done that, and it seems to be growing." We looked into it, and a month and a half later, we started filming. One of my partners on the film, Nick, he texted me one day. Clark: I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I've always been interested in how people really dive into them. VICE: What got you interested in flat Earth theories and following flat Earthers for this film?ĭaniel J. Patricia Steere speaks at the inaugural Flat Earth International Conference in Behind the Curve. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. Clark on the phone about his choice to offer flat Earthers a platform, and why we shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss them. Always more proof.īehind the Curve will have its world premiere in Toronto at Hot Docs April 30. A lot of them are smart, inquisitive, and actually want to test their theories-the problem is, they aren’t satisfied by the overwhelmingly pro-round-Earth results. These aren’t stupid people, as the film makes clear. The more we ostracize them, the more likely they are to dig in their heels and defy mainstream science. Then again, as Behind the Curve makes clear, flat Earth is pretty much at the top of the conspiracy pyramid you only get there once you’ve accepted everything else, from chemtrails to lizard people.Īnd yet shouting them down doesn’t seem particularly productive. Something like a flat Earth theory seems relatively inconsequential-these aren’t the people NASA’s going to hire to pilot space shuttles, after all. That leaves a lot of people on a pretty wobbly fence. ![]() ![]() According to a recent survey, while only 2 percent of American adults firmly believe the Earth is flat, 84 percent were confident that we live on a round planet. Flat Earth believers are actually less fringe-y than I expected. ![]()
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