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Director
David Burke
Credits
Producers: David Burke, Seán Ó Cualáin.
Cinematographer:JJ Rolfe
Principal Cast
Dr Phil Kennedy
Category
FeatureDocumentary
A famous neurologist Phil Kennedy made global headlines in the late 1990s for implanting wire electrodes in the brain of a ‘locked-in patient’ to control a computer cursor with their mind. Compared to Alexander Graham Bell in The Washington Post, Kennedy became known as ‘The Father of the Cyborgs’. Travelling to South America in 2014, he made further headlines when tiny electrodes were implanted inside his brain in order to continue his research. This film examines the ethical quandaries of self-experimentation and a future where technology and human brains combine. Notes courtesy of Screen Ireland
90 minutes, Ireland, 2020, Colour
ABOUT DRY GRASSES 13:00, 19:15
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: BRITISH & IRISH (PROGRAMME 2) 12.50
CROSSING 13:45, 18:20
I SAW THE TV GLOW 16.00, 20.40
KINDS OF KINDNESS 15:10
NOTES FROM SHEEPLAND 13:15, 18:30 (+Q&A)
SHAYDA
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 16:50
THE CONVERSATION 50TH ANNIVERSARY 4K RESTORATION 20:45
WILD STRAWBERRIES: DRIVING MADELEINE 11.00
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