Invisible.
- Date:
- 2006
- Videos
About this work
Description
Filmed entirely on Baffin Island, Nunavut, in the communities of Iqaluit and Qikiqtarjuaq, this programme looks at breast feeding in isolated Inuit communities. Scientists thought that the breast milk of mothers there would be absolutely pure but when they tested it they discovered it was loaded with chemicals migrated from the South. In fact it seems that there is no woman anywhere in the world who doesn't have chemicals such as flame retardants in her breast milk. Artist and film maker Roz Mortimer depicts life in this frozen community in a dream-like manner, showing landscapes, traditional feasts of raw frozen seal meat and dances. Members of the community describe how they feel to discover chemicals in their breast milk.
Publication/Creation
Canada : Wonderdog Productions, 2006.
Physical description
1 DVD (63 min.) : sound, color
Copyright note
Wonderdog Productions 2006
Notes
Produced by Wonderdog and funded by a sciart production award from the Wellcome Trust.
Creator/production credits
Produced and directed by Roz Mortimer.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores4119D