Into the Inferno, directed by Werner Herzog (2016). The movie is available via Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/title/80066073 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

1. What do the members of the Vanuatu tribal community believe inhabits their nearby volcano?
2. How is scientific interest in their volcano perceived?
3. In the scenes from Antarctica depicting when Herzog and Oppenheimer meet, what do you think about their attempts to peer into Mt. Erebus?
4. Why does Herzog find volcanoes particularly fascinating?
5. What happens to the French couple, Maurice and Katia Krafft, that traveled the world to film astonishing video footage of volcanic eruptions?
6. How did Herzog’s experiences in Guadeloupe serve to spark his lifelong passion for volcanoes?
7. Which nation has the largest number of volcanoes of all countries on earth?
8. What lessons can be learned from Herzog’s experience with Mt. Sinabung in Indonesia?
9. During the 2010 eruption of Merapi, what were the early warning indicators that the volcano was about to blow?
10. Which measurement device, described by Dr. Oppenheimer, is estimated to have saved over 20,000 lives?
11. What exactly does Oppenheimer’s device measure?
12. What is unusual about the church constructed in Merapi’s honor? What type of church is it?
13. What is so significant about the Indonesian eruption that caused the formation of Lake Toba?
14. Why does Herzog and Oppenheimer travel to the East African Rift Zone in Ethiopia?
15. Why were early humans probably attracted to the landscape surrounding Erta Ale in Ethiopia?
16. How would you decribe the personality of Professor Tim White from University California – Berkeley?
17. What is Professor White’s team researching in Ethiopia?
18. What types of disruptions are Icelandic volcanoes best known for?
19. How do the eruption of Iceland’s volcanoes contribute to Norse mythology?
20. What are your initial impressions about the People’s Democratic Republic of North Korea?
21. How does the myth surrounding the last eruption of Mt. Paektu (i.e. the Millennium Eruption) help us better understand the history of North Korea and its people?
22. How does the North Korean volcano reverence for Mt. Paektu help to understand the Korean eventual triumph over the Japanese during World War II?
23. How is the myth of Mt. Paektu woven into the propaganda disseminated by the North Korean government?
24. The film concludes by returning to Vanuatu, though this time to visit the island of Tanna, with an expansive shot of an active volcano. What does the local myth about the volcano have to do with the United States and World War II?
25. Who was John Frum? This might require a bit of research because it is not explained in the movie.

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