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Adam Curtis explores the work of evolutionary biologist WD Hamilton, who hypothesised that people's behaviour is shaped and guided by mathematical codes in their genes. The film interweaves the strange roots of the scientist's genetic theories with the history of the West's relationship with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda over the past 100 years, showing how liberal attempts to help post-colonial Africa have sometimes ended in disaster. Edit

Adam Curtis explores the work of evolutionary biologist WD Hamilton, who hypothesised that people's behaviour is shaped and guided by mathematical codes in their genes. The film interweaves the strange roots of... Read More

Add a descriptionAdam Curtis explores the work of evolutionary biologist WD Hamilton, who hypothesised that people's behaviour is shaped and guided by mathematical codes in their genes. The film interweaves the strange roots of the scientist's genetic theories with the history of the West's relationship with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda over the past 100 years, showing how liberal attempts to help post-colonial Africa have sometimes ended in disaster.Cancel