Space Available
“Space
Available,” a short film before Wednesday afternoon’s
debut of “Slipdream,” did a
wonderful job conveying
the seriousness of Earth’s over-population problem.
Will
there be enough space in one mother’s geographic
region for her baby to live? Or will the
kill the baby at birth? Will an older man in the
hospital
die and allow the baby to live? What viewer could be left
without a sense of how dire the Earth’s population problem
has become? Could the
whether or not a mother’s child would live? Who knows. I
hope the world addresses the questions before it comes
to
such extreme measures. During the 15 minute film,
Earth’s
population increased by 2,014 people.
—
John Allgood,