The Power of Play (2019)

The Power of Play

2019

Documentary

Synopsis

Lizards do it. Even fish do it. The animal world is showing us why play is a serious matter. Through a combination of ongoing experiments, reconstructed experiments and guided observation, 'The Power of Play' reveals surprising truths about play in the natural world. Scientists from Europe, the United States and Canada, many of them pioneers in the field, offer convincing evidence that play is not to be taken lightly. In fact, it has the power to make animals and humans smarter, healthier and more likely to survive.

Credits

Director

Christine McLean

Cast

Elisabetta Palagi as Self (Primate Researcher)

Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter as Self (Child Psychologist)

Geoff D'Eon as Narrator (voice)

Gordon Burghardt as Self (Reptile Researcher)

Kathryn Kegel as Self (Seattle Aquarium)

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek as Self (Developmental Psychologist)

Mariana Brussoni as Self (Developmental Psychologist)

Matthew Cooper as Self (Neuroscientist)