

Life Running Out of Control : Director: Bertram Verhaag | Genre: Documentary | Produced In: 2004
Synopsis: In the mid-eighties science, with the help of genetic technology, finds the key to mastering the earth and especially its creatures. Suddenly, everything seems possible! Twenty years later we embark on a global journey to explore the progressive and continual genetic manipulation of plants, animals and human beings: Due to a disastrous crop with genetically modified cotton many Indian farmers face ruin, have to sell one of their kidneys or resort to committing suicide. In Canada genetically modified canola seeds blow onto the fields of neighboring organic farms, thus making ecological farming impossible. The Canadian company AQUA BOUNTY is just about to obtain market approval in 2004 for its sterile, genetically manipulated giant salmon, which grows six times larger in only half the time than the other members of its species living in the wild. Regardless of any fear harbored by consumers the genetically modified fish are soon to land in our pots and frying pans. Worldwide only a handful of idealistic scientists are defying industry, doing independent - without the financial support of industry - research on the effects of transgenic animals and plants on the environment and our health when we consume genetically modified food.
You have rated this movie.
Thanks for rating :-)
By flagging this inappropriate, you are voting to remove this
film off from here.
Are you sure ?
Flag This :
Yes
No
Your request has been submitted.
This is filed under your profile. To view it later please visit your profile page.
Show this message again.
Yes
No
Share the movie with friends:
NOTE:
Please Share with Your Known Contacts only. By Sharing you are promoting
this film which can influence its chances for success here and beyond.
Please Share freely but consciously.
|
from: Javier Calderon
Joshua Holden has visions - nightmares to some. Not sure of
their source or meaning, he initiates a search of which the fruition is by no means certain. What occurs at the hands (more) |
||
![]() |
||
|
from: Koshnoudi Banafsheh
This is a portrait of Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize
winner: the woman, the activist, the resistant; in her own words. As the new symbol for the fight for democracy in ... (more) |
||
![]() |
||
|
from: Christopher Gozum
A young man who is about to immigrate to the U.S. and a
young woman who has returned to the Philippines after living for a long time in the U.S. together perform a ... (more) |
||
![]() |
||
|
from: Leyla Haidarian
Meet an average 8 year-old kid from Southern Africa. He
loves soccer, the trampoline and running around the yard with his friends. Everything about him is normal - at least (more) |
||
![]() |
||
|
from: Andy Abrahams Wilson
The body is our home, as is the larger body of the earth.
When these two bodies move in harmony, a dance unfolds. Both are made whole. "Returning Home" is a breathtaking and (more) |
||
![]() |
||
|
from: Rita Loyd
"In Search of Self Love" is a simple yet healing short
feature video narrated by artist Rita Loyd. In this video, Rita, as an artist, tells how the creative process taught (more) |
||

