Symbiotic Earth is a 🏷️#documentary film about 📝Lynn Margulis, a scientific rebel who challenged entrenched theories of 📝evolution to present a new narrative: life evolves through 📝collaboration.
The film explores Margulis' life and ideas as she challenged entrenched theories of male-dominated science. As a young scientist in the 1960s, Margulis was ridiculed when she first proposed that symbiosis—when organisms live and work together—was a key driver of evolution, but she persisted. Through numerous collaborations, she caused a seismic shift in our understanding of life.
Margulis’ symbiotic narrative presents an alternative to the destructive worldview that has led to climate change and extreme 📝capitalism. With James Lovelock, she developed the 📝Gaia Theory that all life is interconnected and interdependent. Her vision offers bold insights into health, society, and nature, and inspires creative approaches to our pressing environmental and social crises.