Examined Life. Astra Taylor
Apr 21, 2009 City
Interview: Astra Taylor, Director EXAMINED LIFE
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrnzMpgISgo[/youtube]
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and raised in Athens, Georgia, 29-year-old writer and filmmaker, Astra Taylor is a good case study for a life well-lived. Unschooled until she was a preteen and raised by two independent thinkers to become one herself, Taylor currently occupies herself with wrangling high intellectual pursuits and philosophical theories into wonderful pieces of cinema. Her non-traditional upbringing, or as she calls it, her “super weirdo hippy background,” stood her in good stead, providing a strong sense of confidence and an affirmation in her own abilities and artistic vision.
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