The Virtual Corpse

Synopsis

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.

Director

Kaspar Kasics

Written by

Kaspar Kasics

Music

Wendy Blackstone

Studio

Swiss Federal Office of Culture

Released

26 January 2003

Genres

Documentary