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Underexposed the temple of the fetus
- Title
- Underexposed [videorecording] : the temple of the fetus / produced & directed by Kathy High ; screenplay by Karen Malpede ; original story by Kathy High with Karen Malpede.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, c1993.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | NYSCA VC 618.178 U | Performing Arts Research Collections - Reserve Film and Video |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (74 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Combining drama and documentary, the program is a probe into high-tech baby-making. The fictional framework of a TV journalist who unearths the ethical complications associated with new reproductive technologies allows the video to present complex documentary information about this issue. Program tracks the history of the treatment of women's sexual and reproductive systems as "diseased" requiring the intervention of medical institutions to "save" them from their own bodies, as well as the social and political context in which contemporary reproductive technologies exploit women's bodies. Includes sections on: reproductive technology--genetic engineering, in vitro fertilization, infertility, and the U.S. Government Department of Reproductive Ethics and Procedures. Concludes with a womb lab space station dedicated to creating a line of genetically perfected fetuses according to government specifications.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Experimental films.
- Note
- Includes film interviews with: G.J. Barker-Benfield (historian), Gena Corea, DVM Jon E. Higgins, Dr. Katharine Morrison, Hillary Walsh (RN), Jyotsna A. Gupta (sociologist), Christine Ewing (biologist), Malini Karkal (sociologist), Kathleen King, Patricia Foster.
- Credits (note)
- Photography, Jules Backus ; music, Bill Obrecht.
- Performer (note)
- Peg Healey, Peter Kors, Jeannie Hutchins, Jules Backus, George Bartenieff, Annie Sprinkle, Shelly Mars, Sheila Dabney, Tom Murrin, Tracey Leipold, Robbie McCauley.
- OCLC
- 34737150
- Title
- Underexposed [videorecording] : the temple of the fetus / produced & directed by Kathy High ; screenplay by Karen Malpede ; original story by Kathy High with Karen Malpede.
- Imprint
- New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, c1993.
- Cast
- Peg Healey, Peter Kors, Jeannie Hutchins, Jules Backus, George Bartenieff, Annie Sprinkle, Shelly Mars, Sheila Dabney, Tom Murrin, Tracey Leipold, Robbie McCauley.
- Credits
- Photography, Jules Backus ; music, Bill Obrecht.
- Added Author
- High, Kathryn.Malpede, Karen.Women Make Movies (Firm)
- Branch Call Number
- VC 618.178 U