The Virtual Corpse

Documentary about the first human to donate his body to science so that it could be studied in the form of a 3D database of the entire anatomy that is available to view online. Convicted killer Joseph Paul Jernigan donated his body to science shortly before he was executed in 1993 and this documentary examines what took place after his death by lethal injection.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

45 minutes

Year:

2003

Director:

Kaspar Kasics

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Company:

Swiss Federal Office of Culture,

HBO,

Schweizer Fernsehen (FS),

eXtra Film,

HBO Documentary Films,

SWR

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Crew:

Writer

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Director

Title Designer

Sound Editor