Posted on 5-6-2003

New Alternative Film Showing - Auckland

You're invited to a screening of the new film, The Leech and the Earthworm.

Thursday - June 5, 2003, 7:00 pm

Auckland University of Technology, WB 327 Lecture Hall, WB Block, AUT -
Wellesley Street, Auckland.

The Leech and the Earthworm. A film by Max Pugh and Marc Silver, a Yeast
Directions and IPCB production. Produced by Debra Harry UK/USA 2003 Run
time: 68 mins.

Indigenous peoples voice their views on Western science, its vision of a
genetically engineered future, and its deep links with corporate profits
and globalization.

The Leech and the Earthworm is a journey that combines passionate critiques
of a future threatened by genetic engineering, and shares living
alternatives to a globalized monoculture, with stunning visuals and music
from around the world. The Leech and the Earthworm is a provocative film
that inspires us to ask serious questions of the collective illusion we
call "progress".

a www.yeastdirections.org.uk / www.ipcb.org production

For more information, contact: Donna Gardiner, AUT 917-9999 ext. 6053

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Review: London Time Out - Critic's Choice

'Taking its title from a prescient folk tale of natural misinformation,
this impressive and imaginatively assembled campaigning documentary
explores the murky world of genetic sampling, engineering and ownership and
its explicit links to a far from dormant colonialism. Focusing on the
economic, ethical and legal issues around exploitation of blood samples
taken from first-nation islanders, the film uses impressionistic image
collages, effective scoring, archive footage and creative graphics to trace
a centuries-old lineage of abuse and argues for an alternative,
interdependent world view based on collaboration and long-held wisdoms.
Ambitious, provocative and searching, it's a welcome and timely search for
values and worth in the desert of the corporate sprawl'.

Produced by Debra Harry, UK/USA 2003 68 minutes.