Working to Beat the Devil

Chu-Li Shewring, Adam Gutch

IndieLisboa 2014 • International Competition

United Kingdom, Documentary, 2014, 27′

Working to Beat the Devil introduces the ageing scientist Guy Shewring who uses the words of Charles Darwin to discover the secrets of creation and life, and to build an imaginary world in which science becomes fiction.

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