B.F. Skinner Plays Himself
The radical behaviorist B.F. Skinner was considered the most famous living psychologist of the 20th Century yet there is no serious documentary film about his life and work. This project uses previously unseen materials from the Harvard Film Archive to examine B.F. Skinner and his ideas about what it means to be a person.
Year
2025
Country
USA
Directed by
Ted Kennedy
Runtime
72 min
Screenings
Museum of Modern Art, Doc Fortnight 2025 (world premiere)
Richmond International Film Festival 2025
Presentations
“Animating the Evolution of the Skinner Box: Challenges in Visualizing Scientific Method”, Assoc. Behavior Analysis Intl., San Diego, CA (2018)
“B.F. Skinner’s Experience Making A Film Biography”, Assoc. Behavior Analysis Intl., Paris, FR (2017)
“B.F. Skinner Collection - Harvard Film Archive”, European Assoc. Behavior Analysis, Enna, IT (2016)