简介：NarratedbyGabrielByrne(UsualSuspects,VanityFair,Miller'sCrossing),thisseven-timeBestDocumentaryaward-winningfilm(SilverLakeFilmFestival,BeverlyHillsFilmFestival)isthemostcomprehensiveandmind-blowinginvestigationofhumankind'srelationshipwithdeathevercapturedonfilm.Hailedbymanyviewersasa"life-transformationalfilm,"FlightfromDeathuncoversdeathanxietyasapossiblerootcauseofmanyofourbehaviorsonapsychological,spiritual,andculturallevel. Followingtheworkofthelateculturalanthropologist,ErnestBecker,andhisPulitzerPrize-winningbookDenialofDeath,thisdocumentaryexplorestheongoingresearchofagroupofsocialpsychologiststhatmayforeverchangethewaywelookatourselvesandtheworld.Overthelasttwenty-fiveyears,thisteamofresearchershasconductedover300laboratorystudies,whichsubstantiateBecker'sclaimthatdeathanxietyisaprimarymotivatorofhumanbehavior,specificallyaggressionandviolence. FlightfromDeathfeaturesanall-starcastofscholars,authors,philosophers,andresearchersincludingSamKeen,RobertJayLifton,IrvinYalom,andSheldonSolomonculminatinginafilmthatis"notonlythought-provokingbutalsoentertainingandputtogetherwithalotofclass"(EricCampos,FilmThreat).Threeyearsinthemakingandbeautifullyphotographedineightdifferentcountries,FlightfromDeathis"astimulating,ultimatelylife-affirmingfilm,filledwithbigideasandrevelatoryfootage"(JeffShannon,SeattleTimes).WrittenbyAnonymous…