Made with the assistance of the National Film Board of Canada, this 1990 Canadian mockumentary about the flat Earth theory including the fictional story of the fatal polar expedition by Andrea Barnes.It was created to teach critical theories and debunk flat-earth theory, though some flat earth adherents continue to use it as if it were a non-fiction, serious documentary supporting their beliefs.
Andreas, who is ten, has been brought up by his grandmother. When she dies, he removes a putto from the crucifix placed upon her, puts it in his mouth and does not speak again.
Joseph Mnwana arrives at Heathrow on a flight from Johannesburg and asks for political asylum. But what is he fleeing from? The authorities are suspicious, and Joseph has an uncertain future in store.
Clarence Flamer hosts a late-night talk show on regional radio station North Star Sound. A phone call he takes one night leads to his discovering a mortgage scam being run by a group of estate agents.
Ref'at is a judge who is ruling on an important case that witnesses a lot of security interference. Rafiq Al-Henawy has him killed and stages it as a suicide before the ruling.
"I have not been very active as a social filmmaker anymore after the revolution, though I had great plans and projects at the start of the revolution! So far I have made many so-called commissioned industrial films for national oil, gas, and steel companies as well as for government ministries, in which I tried to bring the films as close as possible to my taste and to my way of thinking and make the films' sponsors to see the world from content and formal viewpoints.
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Have you watched In Search of the Edge: An Inquiry into the Shape of the Earth and the Disappearance of Andrea Barns yet? What did you think about it?
