Origins of Human Aggression: The Other Story

200550 min 13 secFilm: Documentary

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Direction: Jean-Pierre Maher

Production: Jean Gervais, Ph. D.Richard E. Tremblay, Ph. D.

Script: Monique Fournier

Produced by Da Vinci Productions in collaboration with the Research Unit on Children's Psychosocial Maladjustment of University of Montréal, with the financial participation of Canada Research Chair in Child Development, the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and Valorisation-Recherche Québec.

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Is human aggression a result of nature or nurture? Interviews with researchers from various fields--including a Nobel prize winner--shed light on the question.

Startling footage of children acting out their aggressive impulses adds to this compelling documentary that examines the complex factors that affect the socialization of aggressive behaviour among humans.

Biological, environmental and psychological components are addressed, and guidelines for the prevention of human violence are also provided.

Subject categories


  • Children and Youth > Child Rearing and Development
  • Psychology and Psychiatry > ChildrenEmotional Life
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Adolescent DevelopmentChild DevelopmentParenting
  • Health/Personal Development > Human Growth and Development

Credits


participant
John Archer
Mario Beauregard
James J. Heckman
Kate Keenan
Michael Lewis
Joan McCord
Tomas Paus
Sergio Pellis
Michael Potegal
Adrian Raine
Peter K. Smith
Stephen Suomi
Terence P. Thornberry
Richard E. Tremblay, Ph. D.
Simon Young
Jan A.R.A.M. Van Hooff
producer
Jean Gervais, Ph. D.
Richard E. Tremblay, Ph. D.
scientific content consultant
Louise Arseneault
Edward Donnerstein
Jean Dumas
Jean Gervais, Ph. D.
Willard W. Hartup
Dale Hay
John E. Lochman
Rolf Loeber
Daniel Nagin
Murray A. Straus
project manager
Jean Gervais, Ph. D.
scientific director
Richard E. Tremblay, Ph. D.
narrator
Alain Goulem
script writer
Monique Fournier
scientific content supervisor
Jean Gervais, Ph. D.
Richard E. Tremblay, Ph. D.
research
Jennifer Letarte
Jean-Pierre Maher
interviews
Jennifer Letarte
Jean-Pierre Maher
translation
John Irving
Liz Warwick
transcripts
Karine Bougie
cameraman
Benoit Belleville
Gilles Blais
Dominic Dorval
Alberto Feio
Stéphane Ricard
Marc Tardif
assistant cameraman
Thierry Leblanc
Alexis Marcoux
Hugo Roy
soundman
Guy Boutin
Simon Brien
Jean-Denis Daoust
Édouard Faribault
Simon Poirier
Chantal Rhéaume
production assistant
Jean-Philippe Audet
Sandra Letarte
Marie-Claude Plante
Vickie Rousseau
Marie-Christine Vanier
production coordinator
Victoire Bélanger-Richard
Josée Veillet
production manager
Josée Veillet
archives research
Ginette Lavigne
release of rights
Ginette Lavigne
unit production manager
Lyse Desmarais-Gervais
production accountant
Diane Desbiens
editor
Dave Adams
Claude Guillemette
Jean-Pierre Maher
online editor
Claude Guillemette
sound editor
Alain Blais
Martin Messier
mixer
Martin Messier
artistic director
France Leduc
computer graphics
Mélanie Cabana
Nadia Thibault
illustrator
Stéphane Lemardelé
original soundtrack
Alain Blais
recording studio
Logo Musique
equipment rental
Groupe Sync
Productions Marc Côté
insurance
Taillefer Desjardins inc.
second unit director
Yvonne Defour
assistant director
Jennifer Letarte
director
Jean-Pierre Maher

Awards


  • Bronze AwardItinerant - HESCA Film Festival