Blue End


1h 23m 2000

Brief Synopsis

An examination of the case surrounding murderer Joseph Paul Jernigan, who was executed by the state of Texas in 1993. After his death, Jernigan's body was donated to science, sliced into 2 millimeter sections, scanned and digitized, and posted on the internet for anatomy students as the "Visible Hum

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2000

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 23m

Synopsis

An examination of the case surrounding murderer Joseph Paul Jernigan, who was executed by the state of Texas in 1993. After his death, Jernigan's body was donated to science, sliced into 2 millimeter sections, scanned and digitized, and posted on the internet for anatomy students as the "Visible Human Project." The issues around capital punishment and the American justice system this raises are debated through interviews with Jernigan's relatives, lawyers and the scientist in charge of the project.

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2000

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 23m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the Panorama Jury Prize at the 2001 Berlin International Film Festival.

Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 7-18, 2001.

Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Critics' Week) August 2-12, 2000.

color

dialogue English

subtitled German