THE SPECIES

Emma Darwin receives an unexpected visitor when she discovers her late husband’s autobiography.

After the publication of his seminal text The Origin of the Species, iconic and controversial naturalist Charles Darwin set out to detail his own life and times in an autobiography. Initially published in 1887, five years after Darwin’s death, the book was not released in its entirety until 1958 because of passages deemed too heretical by his estate.

This is a film about why we persist despite tragedy and loss and set-backs, a piece of historical fiction meant to shine light on the universal human condition.