Executive Producers
Mary Evelyn Tucker
John Grim
Host
Brian Thomas Swimme
Produced and Directed by
Patsy Northcutt
David Kennard
Written by
Brian Thomas Swimme
Mary Evelyn Tucker
Co-Producer
Catherine Lynn Butler
Director of Photography
Ian Salvage
Music by
Christopher Ward
Edited By
Patsy Northcutt
Creative Development
David Kennard
Neal Rogin
Special Advisors
Thomas Berry
John Grim
Special Consultant
Craig Kochel
Lead Archival Researcher
Michelle Grenier
Location Producer
Elizabeth Kennard
Project Coordinator
Tara Trapani
Sound Recordist
Rhys Summers
Second Unit Director
Simon Muriel
Location Coordinators
Vange and Kirk Agadaki
Location Scout
Joanna Theodorakis
Additional Archival Research
Rivkah Beth Medow
Christine Funk
Thomas Swimme
Additional Editing
Emma Cott
Post-Production Supervisor
Benjamin DePauw
Ursa Minor Arts + Media
Pythagoras Animation
Almer Perez
Early Scientists Animation
Greg O'Toole
James Curtis
Title Design
Mark Woloschuk
Assistant Editor
Henry Huang
Online Editor
Jesse Spencer
Additional Online Editing
Adam Loften
Post-Production Assistants
Joelle Jaffe
Amanda Huelse
HD Upconversion and Mastering
Video Arts
Color Finishing
Gary Coates
Sound Edit and Mix
Philip Perkins
Score Mixer
Ted Blaisdell
Temp Sound Mix
Robin Livingston
Voice Over Recordists
Robin Livingston
Henry Huang
Eric Blum
Live Greek Music
Mavrikis
Pre-Production Music Development
Gary MalkinDan Alvarez
Temp Music Supervisor
Roberta Donnay
Music Researcher
Michelle Grenier
Timecode Calculator Programmer
Jørgen Vos
Financial Managers
Bruce Bochte
John Grim
Legal Advisor
Kirk T. Schroder
Distribution Coordinators
Catherine Lynn Butler
Sue Espinosa
2011 Website Designer
Daniel Vincent Boyles
2018 Website Designers
Miek Thompson
Sarah Jondreau
Devin Michael O'Dea
Website Managers
Elizabeth McAnally
Devin Michael O'Dea
Print Graphic Design
James Curtis
Sharon Anderson
Strategic Advisor
Brooks Britt
Publicity
CaraMar Publicity
Archival Footage
Adam Loften
The Art Archive
Artbeats
ART Resource / Erich Lessing
Calvin J. Hamilton
Corbis Images
C.R. Scotese / Breakup of Pangea Animation by C.R. Scotese /
PALEOMAP Project
Doug Jensen
Don McConnell
Dreamstime
ESA / Hubble
European Space Agency / ESA
Footage Search
Framepool
Getty Images
Green Stock Media
Habitat Media
Henry Jun Wah Lee
iStock Photo
Jialiang Gao
Joe Menth
Jorge Cosío / Tango Dancing Footage
Mammoth HD
Marty Ostrow
Matthew Bate / University of Exeter, UK
NASA
The News Market
NOAA
Oxford Scientific
The Pachamama Alliance
Photo Researchers / Science Source
Photolibrary
Shutterstock
StockPhotoPro
Thought Equity Motion
Time Image
Vinod Arora
Very Special Thanks
Denise Santi Swimme
Nancy Klavans
Diana Blank
Susan O'Connor
Martin and Wendy Kaplan
Diane Ives
Adam Lewis
David Orr
Richard Rathbun
Nancy Schaub
Peter Teague
Barbara Sargent
Barbara Cushing
Lavinia Currier
Bokara Legendre
Edith Eddy
Special Thanks
Anthemis Tours
Samos Museum
Department of Antiquities, Athens
Karlovassi Folkloric Dance Group
California Institute for Integral Studies
American Teilhard Association
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental StudiesElizabeth Allison
Bryan Alvarez
Carl Anthony
Steve Balick
Jim Beckett
Margaret Berry
Jean Black
Jane Blewett & Lou Niznik
Jenny Boris
Margaret Brennan
Derek Briggs
Brian Brown & Amarilys Cortijo
Rick & Shakti Butler
Tom Caudle
Christopher Chapple
Rick Clugston
Jim Conlon
Sir Peter Crane
Anne Marie Dalton
John de Graaf
Terry Deacon
Kathleen Deignan
Drew Dellinger
Kathleen Duffy
Steve Dunn
Heather Eaton
Larry and Jean Edwards
Arthur Fabel
Matthew Fox
Misty West Gay
Tara and Terri Glass
Ursula Goodenough
David Haberman
Karen Harwell
Harriet Hope
Fritz and Vivienne Hull
Jim Iacona
Brian Joyce
Sean Kelly
Cheryl King
Jean and Sidney Lanier
Chris Loughlin
Thomas E. Lovejoy
Sarah Low
Paul Lundahl
Miriam MacGillis
Susannah Malarkey
Konda Mason
Robert and Ellen McDermott
Kathleen Dean Moore
Jennifer Morgan
Muse Media Center
Richard Norgaard
Caleb Northcutt
Mike Northcutt
Sally Northcutt
Sherwin Nuland
Marty Ostrow
Greg O'Toole
A.R. Palmer
Paloma Pavel
The Payne / Smathers Family
Carol Pollard
Laurance S. Rockefeller
Steven Rockefeller
Suzanne Romaine
Belvie Rooks
Sisters of Earth
Bill, Catherine, and Cynthia Sleight
Ann Berry Somers
Donald St. John
Mary Southard
James Gustave Speth
Joseph Subbiondo
John Surette
Shana Swanson
Brian Sebastian Swimme
Richard Tarnas
Tu Weiming
Anne Tucker
Carlton Hayes Tucker
Duane Tucker
Jonathan Tucker
Libby Tucker
Paul Hayes Tucker
Peter Tucker
Franklin Vilas
Tom Vogt
Kimie and Tatsuhiko Watanabe
Jeannette and Gary Watts
Caroline Webb
Jordan Weill
Eric Weiss
Brook Wentz
Judie Wexler
Paul Winter
Nancy Wright
Many other wonderful people who
assisted us along the way.
Filmed on location on the Greek Island of Samos
Dedicated to
Wayne and Jeanne Swimme
Bill and Mary Elizabeth Tucker
Northcutt Productions
InCA Productions
KQED San Francisco
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies