Isitolimende esisha sochungechunge lwethu lwamafilimu oluhlobene nemfundo, lapho namuhla sibuyekeza okudala, 'Ifa Lomoya', eliqondiswe nguStanley Kramer ngo-1960 ngombhalo kaHarold Jacob Smith noNed Young, ezazisekelwe emdlalweni kaJerome Lawrence noRobert E. Lee. Etheyiphu abalingisi baholwa yibo: Spencer tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Claude Akins, Florence Eldridge, Donna Anderson, Noah Berry Jr. noHarry Morgan, phakathi kwabanye.
Ku 'Ifa Lomoya', uJohn Scopes unguprofesa waseMississippi owabekwa icala lokufundisa nge "The Book of the Origin of Species" nguCharles Darwin. Bekuyisahluko esisodwa futhi empini phakathi kwesayensi nenkolo, kepha hhayi lokho kuphela, bekungaphezulu kakhulu ... ukuhlaselwa kwenkululeko yokucabanga. Ngazo zonke lezi zizathu, uStanley Kramer uthathe isinqumo sokuletha le ndaba esikrinini esikhulu ngo-1960, futhi yakwenza lokho ngombono wami othobekile ngokumangazayo.Imibono ephikisayo yeDarwinism ne-creationism yizona zigxobo ezimbili eziphikisanayo ezibhekene nempi yokuqhuma ummeli uHenry Drummond (Tracy) kanye nomholi we-ultra-conservative uMatthew Harrison Brady (Mashi) edolobheni elincane laseTennessee lapho uprofesa equliswa khona icala lokufundisa imfundiso yokuziphendukela kwemvelo kubafundi bakhe.
Ngicabanga 'Ifa lomoya' i-movie ekhangayo kakhulu ongayibuka ekilasini lesikole esiphakeme, onengxabano yakhe eyisisekelo yinkululeko yokucabanga, futhi ukuba semthethweni kwayo kuyabonakala. Sithola iSonto elixhumene kakhulu namandla, iSayensi elingenakuqondwa yiSonto, futhi sithola umbono omubi wamaKhatholika amadala angakwazi ukukuvuma lokho, njengoba besho ebhayisikobho, “IBhayibheli liyincwadi. Incwadi enhle, kepha hhayi ukuphela kwencwadi.