The Nature of Existence

In the perpetual human tradition, filmmaker Roger Nygard sets out to seek answers to life’s grandest questions. His travels take him to the widest possible range of people around the world. This award-winning documentary delivers his findings in a thought-provoking and endearing journey across cultures and classes, belief systems, and experiences.

The Nature of Existence is the culmination of Nygard’s attempt to make sense of the great philosophical questions that divide humanity. Nygard, a director with a long and diverse résumé, compiled a list of his eighty-five toughest questions about existence, divided under headings such as religion, truth, science, suffering, free will, sin, and sex. From renowned biologists and physicists to spiritual leaders across the entire religious spectrum — from Christian wrestlers to Tibetan monks to Stonehenge Druids — he takes these questions to the ends of the Earth. By gathering such a diverse collection of perspectives, he seeks to bring greater depth to a conversation as old as humanity.