Curiosity and Control - Exploring Humanity’s Complex Relationship with Nature (trailer)

Curiosity and Control is a thought-provoking documentary (2018) by Swedish director Albin Biblom (https://www.albinbiblom.org/curiosity-and-control) that delves into humanity’s multifaceted relationship with the natural world. Through interviews with historians, architects, zoo directors, museologists, and other experts, the film takes viewers on a journey across Western museums of natural history and zoological gardens in cities such as New York, Chester, Paris, Berlin, and Stockholm. It examines the dualities of wonder and exploitation, curiosity and control, and the desire to both dominate and preserve nature. At its core, the film raises profound questions about how we perceive, interact with, and ultimately seek to protect the natural world. The documentary explores the origins and evolution of natural history museums and zoos, institutions born out of humanity’s curiosity about the world and its inhabitants. These spaces have historically served as places of education, wonder, a