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The leech and the earthworm

Puch, Max. (Added Author). Silver, Marc. (Added Author). Harry, Debra. (Added Author). Yeast Directions (Firm) (Added Author). Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism. (Added Author).

Summary:

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 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.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Great Britain] : Yeast Directions ; �2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Yeast Directions & IPCB production"--Container.
Originally produced in 2003.
Formatted Contents Note:
Opening -- Nuu-chah-nulth -- Colonization -- Science -- Owning nature -- Natural law -- Globalization -- Maori -- Seed is the law -- Closing -- Credits.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Project director, Pauline Lane.
System Details Note:
DVD-R.
Subject:
Indigenous peoples > Civil rights.
Indigenous peoples > Ecology.
Indigenous peoples > Ethnic identity.
Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc.
Human rights.
Genetic engineering > Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethnoscience.
Bioethics.
Globalization > Moral and ethical aspects.
Maori (New Zealand people)
Pacific Islanders > Vanuatu.
Indians of North America > British Columbia > Vancouver Island.
Indians of North America > West (U.S.)
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lummi Library DVD 92 GN 380 .L44 2003 268724 DVD Available -

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