EP 12 John Feldman: Documenting Revolution, Scientific Paradigm Shifts
Join host Vinny Tafuro and guest John Feldman, filmmaker and founder of Hummingbird Films, for a conversation about how ecological documentaries challenge scientific orthodoxy. Over his forty-year career, John's work has evolved from defending traditional evolutionary theory to documenting how cooperation and symbiosis drive evolution and ecological health. Their conversation explores how this intellectual humility contrasts with the scientific overconfidence that plagues economics, and how interdisciplinary filmmaking can disrupt entrenched paradigms in both science and economics.
Creators and Guests
Host
Vinny Tafuro
Vinny is a visionary, futurist, writer, entrepreneur, communications theorist, and economist. A polymath and curious by nature, he is a pioneering advocate for the twenty-first-century economy that is disrupting society’s rigid institutions and beliefs. Vinny’s economic and foresight projects explore the societal and economic shifts being catalyzed by human culture as a result of technology, corporate personhood, and evolving human cognition. An engaging and energetic speaker, Vinny presents on a variety of topics both professionally and through community outreach. He enjoys an active and blended professional, academic, and personal life, selecting challenging projects that offer opportunities for personal and professional growth. He is the author of Corporate Empathy and Unlocking the Labor Cage.
Guest
John Feldman
John Feldman is a highly original and critically acclaimed filmmaker who works as a writer, director, cinematographer, and editor. His career spans over 40 years and covers a wide range of genres, including independent dramatic feature films, documentaries, experimental shorts, and educational films. Feldman’s recent film Regenerating Life, How to cool the planet, feed the world, and live happily ever after (2023) looks at the climate crisis from an ecological perspective. Screening globally, it is translated into 11 languages. “John Feldman’s film is a masterpiece in which he puts life, in terms of healthy ecosystems, centre-stage as the Earth’s extraordinary global-temperature regulator. (Peter Bunyard, The Ecologist Magazine, UK).
