PRN films

When Donated to Science was shown on Television here in New Zealand it was the highest rating documentary of the year - a third of the adult population watched it and talk radio, went mad within a few minutes of broadcast.  It garnered stunning reviews and was a RealScreen ‘Pick of MIP’

If you are interested in broadcasting it then contact PBS who are distributing and they’ll send you a screener. Contact: Tom Koch at 617-300-3893 or jtkoch(at)pbs.org, you can also see their website www.pbsinternational.org

Here’s a quote from Professor Bernard Moxham, writing about the film in the Journal of Anatomy

“This is an enthralling piece of filmmaking that says much about the human condition, about the need to avoid a “mechanistic” approach to the teaching and learning of anatomy and medicine and, by highlighting the generosity of those who gave their bodies as gifts to the students, provides an optimistic view of mankind that is supposed to reflect the very essence of good medical practice. It is my fervent hope that this film can be exported to other countries but, at the very least, all deans of medical schools and medical educationalists should view it in order to appreciate how important anatomy is to health care studies and practice, beyond just the factual basis of the discipline.” 

The film was premiered at lat year’s IFAA conference in Capetown, and it has been played at several other conferences since.  Prof Helen Nicholson will be showing it at the IASCBC Conference in Singapore in May.   It is being used as part of the anatomy curriculum in several medical schools.  We now have both academic and student versions available on DVD.