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.
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