The Superior Human? - documentary

"The Superior Human? is the first documentary to systematically challenge the common human belief that humans are superior..."
to other life forms. The documentary reveals the absurdity of this belief while exploding human bias. Featuring Dr Bernard Rollin, Gary Yourofsky Dr Richard Ryder, Dr Steven Best. Narrated by Dr Nick Gylaw.

"The Superior Human? opens with stunning shots of nature, then quickly contrasts this with shots of
human civilization's most volatile ideologies -- those of superiority and inferiority.  The narrator comes
in and introduces the concept of our superiority over all other life forms and then leads viewers through
a countdown of 18 commonly referenced reasons given for why people think this is so.
18. Having a Large Population
17. Having Long Lifespans
16. Creating Art
15. Building
14. Living in Houses
13. Having Opposable Thumbs
12. Using Tools
11. Using Reasoning
10. Walking Upright
9. Living in Societies
8. The Ability to Kill (almost) All Other Life Forms
7. Teaching and Learning
6. Language
5. Other Life Forms Rely On Instinct
4. Culture
3. Being At The Top Of The Food Chain
2. Intelligence
1. Consciousness and Autonomy"

This film is 73 minutes in length.  It first appeared online in March, 2012.  The official website for the film is at:  http://thesuperiorhuman.ultraventus.info/index.php.

As a personal note, I would have liked to have seen some insight from the abolitionist approach to animal rights, such as from Prof. Gary L. Francione (http://abolitionistapproach.com).  The only real authorities in the film are those of the animal welfarist bent.  Gary Francione's approach to animal rights defines veganism as the moral baseline and abolition of the property status of nonhuman animals, as opposed to the "New Welfarist" approach of "humane treatment" of animals.

-  View the film at Ultraventus.info
-  View the film at YouTube