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THE FATHER OF THE CYBORGS

by David Burke, Seán Ó Cualáin

synopsis

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.

international title: The Father of the Cyborgs
original title: The Father of the Cyborgs
country: Ireland
year: 2021
genre: documentary
directed by: David Burke, Seán Ó Cualáin
film run: 90'
cinematography by: JJ Rolfe
art director: Ian Benjamin Kenny
music: Simon O’Reilly
producer: David Burke

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