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Gaias børn (1998)

Gaias børn poster
Directed by
Bente Milton
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary from 1998 profiles several people living with severe physical deformities. It connects their experiences to old historical fascinations with so-called oddities. The film also raises ethical questions about modern gene technology selecting out genetic errors early in life.

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What happens

Gaias børn er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 1998, der er instrueret af Bente Milton efter eget manuskript. Menneskets fascination af såkaldte vanskabninger, har dybe rødder i vor fælles fortid. På baggrund af den historiske samfundsudvikling fra antikken og frem til i dag, portrætterer filmen en række mennesker der lever med alvorlige fysiske misdannelser. Samtidig lægges der op til en etisk debat om den moderne genteknologis muligheder for at frasortere "genetiske fejltagelser" allerede i livets tidligste faser. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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