Roy Walford

Sign Posts of Dr. Roy Walford chronicles the life of an eccentric artist-philosopher and award-winning research scientist in the field of gerontology, with a specialty in calorie restriction. Walford was a Renaissance man in the truest sense of the word. This documentary features his obsession with life, death, poetry, politics, theater, women, and radicalism.

In 1991 a group of countercultural visionaries built an enormous replica of earth’s ecosystem called Biosphere 2. When eight “biospherians” lived sealed inside, they faced ecological calamities and cult accusations. Their epic adventure is a cautionary tale but also a testament to the power of small groups reimagining the world.