The Nantucket Project produces Ideafilms—short, entertaining distillations of complex ideas and emotions. We create all of these films in-house and use them to tackle difficult topics and catalyze conversation.
Here is a selection of Ideafilms that are used at live gatherings, on college campuses, and through our partner organizations:
ideafilms
The Illumination
19 mins
Could it be the lights went out for a reason?
For the Common Good
20 mins
Simon Greer confronts Glen Beck and other personal demons.
KANJU
14 mins
If Americans think of Africa, we think about safaris, famine, war and disease. This is a very different story.
God Stuff
12 mins
Rainn Wilson, aka Dwight Schrute, is on a mission from God.
Fishing with Einstein
29 mins
Can science read the mind of God?
It's Good To Be Worng
7 mins
Julia Galef explores the essential countercultural question: Is it good to be wrong?
Harmony
16 mins
Musical harmony is the easy part, the challenge is social harmony.
A Higher Education
17 mins
Social change is not about a more ferocious revolution. It’s about building a more beautiful social order.
The Box
11 mins
A group of police officers struggle to find acceptance in a small town in New Hampshire.
Acceptance
10 mins
The Mount Everest of human emotions.
Shirt
5 mins
A cinematic illustration of Robert Pinsky’s poem.
The Architect of Ideas
11 mins
Richard Saul Wurman is the smartest man in the room, because he’s the dumbest.
Joyful Joyful
19 mins
The deepest relationship on the planet.
Beneath the Surface
30 mins
Social isolation is an epidemic. A group of MS patients show how social connection is the cure for all of us.
The Opening of the American Mind
12 mins
How the Bridging the Gap program transformed Elizabeth Stewart’s life.
East of Eden
16 mins
Forgiveness is freedom.
Wayne White Nobody's Puppet
5 mins
Wayne White demystifies art.
Prosperus
13 mins
What would happen if every company allowed workers to turn their brains back on?
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