Independent Lens
We Believe in Dinosaurs
The Bible and science collide amid the battleground of a Kentucky creationism museum.
The Debate
While Bill Nye "The Science Guy" debates the Creation Museum's Ken Ham, a biologist rallies educators to teach evolution in schools.
- Series
- Independent Lens
- Premiere Date
- March 29, 2021
- Length
- 11 minutes
Producer/Director
Clayton Brown
Clayton Brown is a documentary and narrative filmmaker interested in exploring the stories and compelling characters that emerge when people pursue their passions. His fiction work includes Galileo's Grave and The Darkening Sun. He is a co-founder of 137 Films, and co-directed The Atom Smashers, The Believers, and We Believe in Dinosaurs.
- Other ITVS Films
- The Atom Smashers
- We Believe in Dinosaurs
Producer/Director
Monica Long Ross
Monica Long Ross is a filmmaker and playwright. She is a co-founder of 137 Films, and co-directed and co-produced the award-winning documentaries We Believe in Dinosaurs, The Atom Smashers, and The Believers. She was a founding member and playwright for Childsplay in Tempe, AZ, and the Arizona Women’s Theatre Company.
- Other ITVS Films
- The Atom Smashers
- We Believe in Dinosaurs
Producer
Amy Ellison
Amy Ellison joined the 137 Films team in 2010 by associate producing the award-winning documentary The Believers. Since then she has gone on to produce the 137 Films projects The Has Been To Space and We Believe In Dinosaurs. She lives in Chicago with her spouse, three kids, a dog, a cat, and (for the time being) a praying mantis.
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The Film
The Debate is the short documentary sequel to We Believe in Dinosaurs. When Bill Nye “The Science Guy” claims that creationism is bad for children, Ken Ham, the CEO of Kentucky’s Creation Museum, challenges Nye to an online debate. Much to the dismay of the science community, Nye accepts. Meanwhile, as the press writes about the return of the culture wars, Dr. Randy Moore, a biologist at the University of Minnesota, knows from his own research that the war on evolution never fully went away. Year after year, he watches a number of his own students—many of them future biology teachers—leave college still clinging to their belief in creationism. Refusing to give up hope, Moore rallies educators to “Teach Evolution!”
