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‘Gattaca’ (1997)
Directed by:
Andrew Niccol
Starring: Ethan
Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin, Jude Law
There's no gene
for fate.
 Gattaca Corp. is an aerospace firm in the future. During this
time society analyzes your DNA and determines where you belong
in life.
Vincent (Ethan Hawke) s one of the last "natural" babies born
into a sterile, genetically-enhanced world, where life
expectancy and disease likelihood are ascertained at birth.
Myopic and due to die at 30, he has no chance
of a career in a society that now discriminates against your
genes,
instead of your gender, race or religion.
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‘The Dodo game’
(2007, in Dutch only)
Directed by:
Jan Vink
How DNA breaks borders
The Dodo game tells about people and their ambitions,
about commercial interests and moral dilemmas, about
expected and unexpected consequences. It is the story of
a world still learning every day on how to cope with the
DNA revolution. The movie was commissioned by the
Genomics Programme
'Societal Aspect of Genomics', a
research programme targeting the ethical, legal and
social aspects of genomics.
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