How to star in a film celebrating the genius of Charles Darwin

By JAMES KINGSLAND
Added: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:00:00 UTC

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Reposted from
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/apr/15/darwin-aloud-video-competition-origin-species

blank Just when you thought the feeding frenzy of Charles Darwin anniversary celebrations was calming down, someone throws another tasty morsel into the water. But unlike the multitude of TV and radio documentaries, books and exhibitions honouring the bearded one (many of them excellent), this item is all about popular participation.

A project called Darwin Aloud is calling on people around the world to send in videos of themselves reading in their native tongue from the final chapter of On the Origin of Species. The twist is that the backdrop should be a famous landmark, spectacular scenery or a site of scientific importance.
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