In this section you can dig deeper into the issues

The idea of this series of films is to encourage global debate and dialogue about different aspects of democracy.

You can make a film opposed to democracy – it’s a view shared by many. You can have doubts about the validity of democracy as a cure for everything – we might indeed share some of them.

Think of the series above all as designed to disturb calm – to make people think of the world, and what the new century holds in store. Do we believe in the idea of a democratic planet?

Here are 20 questions about democracy. They aren’t necessarily the ones that will finally appear at the front of each film. But they give an idea of the scope of the series.

• Is God democratic?
• Can you export democracy anywhere in the world?
• How does a democracy die?
• Is capitalism good for democracy?
• Does true democracy exist anywhere?
• Are dictators ever democratic?
• How corrupt can a democracy be?
• Can you have too much democracy?
• Can democracy be illiterate?
• Does democracy make you fat?
• Is there any one kind of democracy?
• Is democracy an excuse for theft?
• Can you have democracy without free speech?
• Is freedom the same as democracy?
• Can one have a world democracy?
• How long does it take to build a democracy?
• Is democracy our only future?
• Can you have a democracy where no-one cares about democracy?
• Does democracy destroy itself?
• Will democracy exist in 100 years?