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Posthumans
20251 h 28 min 20 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Dominique Leclerc
Production: Nathalie Cloutier (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Dominique LeclercJérémie Battaglia
A National Film Board of Canada production.
Director Dominique Leclerc spent years depending on medical devices for her survival. Then, looking for alternative solutions, she entered the world of emerging technologies.
Posthumans follows her as she meets with cyborgs, biohackers and transhumanists who are trying to use these technologies to outsmart illness, aging—and even death. The documentary looks at pressing ethical and political questions that are sure to impact the future of our species.
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Subject categories
- Technology > Biotechnology
- Theater > Companies and Performances
- Sciences > Ethics and Bioethics
- Social Issues > Health and Illness
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Individual in Society
- Health and Medicine > Research
Credits
- director
- Dominique Leclerc
- producer
- Nathalie Cloutier
- writing
- Dominique Leclerc
- Jérémie Battaglia
- editing
- Alain Loiselle
- cinematographer
- Jérémie Battaglia
- Robert Reis
- Dan Popa
- location sound
- Robert Reis
- Marc-André Labonté
- Stéphane Barsalou
- Sylvain Vary
- Dennis Kastrup
- Jérémie Battaglia
- sound design
- Catherine Van Der Donckt
- Benoît Dame
- original music
- Frannie Holder
- research
- Dominique Leclerc
- Dennis Kastrup
- Jérémie Battaglia
- co-director - development phase
- Jérémie Battaglia
- additional images
- Dennis Kastrup
- Dominique Leclerc
- technical support - editing
- Pierre Dupont
- Marie-Josée Gourde
- Albert Kurian
- Patrick Trahan
- translation
- Trans & Sub Coop
- subtitling
- Trans & Sub Coop
- titles
- Alain Ostiguy
- visual effects
- Alain Ostiguy
- online editing
- Yannick Carrier
- colourist
- Yannick Carrier
- narration
- Dominique Leclerc
- foley
- Stéphane Cadotte
- narration recording
- Geoff Mitchell
- Luc Léger
- foley recording
- Luc Léger
- music mix
- Benoit Bouchard
- re-recording mixer
- Jean Paul Vialard
- participation
- Dennis Kastrup
- Ghislaine Lapierre
- Enno Park
- Francesca Ferrando
- Zoltan Istvan
- Liz Parrish
- Sigrid Schmitz
- James J. Hughes
- Jessica Ching
- Marc Roux
- Anders Sandberg
- David Wood
- Natasha Vita-More
- Stéphane Ricoul
- Marius Fauteux
- Maria João Ferreira Maia
- Sven Behrend
- Adolph Hunter
- Steffen Holly
- Tim Cannon
- Tiffany Vora
- Rob Nail
- Jo Zayner
- Kirill Brylev
- José Cordeiro
- Sven Becker
- Alyssia Sanchez
- Patrick Brooks
- Hannah Smegal
- Edwin Johnston
- María-Elisa Heg
- Anastasia Kirages
- Javier Hernández
- Olivier Périard
- Raphaelle Bessette
- Élodie Cognault
- Julie Pichon
- Phi Luong
- Jan Ravensbergen
- Tara Smith
- Jaime Weidmann
- Tom Ingoglia
- Claus Thöle
- Nicole Foti
- Louise Lassalle
- Jean-François Blanchet
- Paul-Raphaël Charron
- Aline Sophie Luisa Gampe
- Marie Goldhahn
- Leonie Victoria Lau
- Franziska Neumann
- Andréanne Couture
- Julie Fournier
- Doris Harbour
- Nathalie Vermette
- Marie-Pierre Marquis
- rights clearances
- Alain Castelain
- Dennis Kastrup
- legal advisor
- Julie Patry
- media relations
- Marie-Claude Lamoureux
- marketing manager
- Laurianne Désormiers
- marketing coordinator
- Michelle Rozon
- administrator
- Sia Koukoulas
- senior production coordinator - administration
- Brenda Nixon
- studio coordinator
- Stéphanie Lazure
- senior production coordinator
- Chinda Phommarinh
- Joëlle Lapointe
- production coordinator
- Lucia Corak
- Alexandra Bourque
- technical coordination
- Julien Archambault
- Esther Viragh
- associate producer
- Geneviève Thibert
- line production
- Mélanie Lasnier
- executive producer
- Nathalie Cloutier