Donated to Science

Today's documentary is about people who donate their bodies to medical science.

The film includes interviews with the people who have agreed to give their bodies, and finds out their motivations, what they expect and hope from making this, their final donation, at least in this life.

We then see the bodies – and the students – being prepared for dissection, and the film shows quite graphically how the bodies are dissected, and what interesting bits and pieces lie just beneath the skin.

It also includes interviews with students, who relate their feelings about their studies and about the cadavers they are working with. Interestingly, some of them at least seem to develop a relationship with the body over the two years of their studies and dissection.

One of the most interesting parts of the film is near the end, when the students have finished their studies, and are then shown interviews with the donors recorded earlier, which leads to some emotional scenes.