I Am Human

Everyone uses stairways. Stair ways on wheels, stairways that are flat, tiny stairsways. One of the stairways that wasn't featured, the ocean stairway, was red. This wasnt a real stairway, but instead imagined. An individual imagins someone leaving the ocean on these red stairs, climbing to the top and waiting at the top.

This is a well made documentary which focuses on the breakthroughs of deep brain stimulation. However, I find the documentary rather one sided, presenting only the positives of the breakthroughs. Hence, I regard this as an infomercial rather than a real documentary.

I don't know why this documentary would be catagorized in the thriller genre, I must have missed a point there, but whatever, the truth is that I Am Human is a very interesting documentary, with serious topics like our brain capacities and how far we could or should explore, about curing all kind of diseases, injuries or conditions by understanding our brain functions better. I'm in awe when i see what we are already capable to achieve now, not sure though if it is morally correct to be able to alternate or improve certain things. Should we just cure illnesses, give sight back to a blind person, hearing to the deaf and other handicaps? Or instead should we look further and discover things we couldn't imagine a couple years ago? Things that aren't necessary a good thing even though it would improve everyone's personal life. Do we still need to stretch out our lifespan on this earth? We are already driving at a wall at high speed, with no breaks, the planet will be oversaturated, do we really need people to get much older? I Am Human raises questions, but most of all it brings hope for people with diseases or conditions that we thought were uncurable at one point. It's very well explained, sometimes emotional to watch, but it will make you for sure talk about it.

I was surprised at how gripping this documentary was. Directors Elena Gaby and Taryn Southern relay some complex ideas and technologies with clarity, and never lose focus on the audience's emotional connection to the people who are being helped by this technology. We come to love these characters and care about them even as our minds are being stimulated by the cutting-edge and mindblowing techniques. It's a really interesting and inspiring film.

This film felt like a sci-fi documentary, but the fact that it was REAL made it even more exciting. It was both hopeful, and lovingly put together. I've already watched it TWICE!