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Ex Machina: Film Guide

Ex Machina
Ex Machina
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14+

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Short (1-4 activities)

A film guide that looks at Ex Machina (2015), a taut sci-fi thriller exploring the popular debate about whether Artificial Intelligence could ever match human's capacity to think and feel.

This guide is useful for exploring topics including Science, Citizenship and PSHE Education in addition to highlighting themes surrounding robots and artificial intelligence, science, space and technology, scientific theories, ethics, equality, and health and wellbeing.

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Ex Machina: Film Guide

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Science fiction film Ex Machina is a thought provoking drama which follows
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Interviews with Alicia Vikander and Alex Garland

Ex Machina interviews with Alicia Vikander and director Alex Garland

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  • Science
  • Citizenship
  • PSHE Education

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