The Nature of Existence

The director sets out with a large question. The question is what existence is. He does not look for the answer in one place. He travels the world and goes to different sources. To the places where philosophies, religions and belief systems began. Along the way he talks to very different people. Religious leaders talk. Academics and scientists talk. There are artists as well. There is even a pizza chef among them. Everyone is asked the same questions. The answers do not agree. The film does not treat that as a problem. The director’s earlier work was the documentary Trekkies. The ninety four minute documentary carries the signature of Roger Nygard, a Chinese and American co-production finished in 2010.