Day 4 — Young Creative Leaders

Citizen Bio is an in-depth exploration of the nascent Biohacking movement. In this new era of genetic breakthroughs, under the shadow of a new eugenics, we follow five biohackers as they self experiment and strive to put science and medicine back in the hands of the people; even if it puts their own lives at risk. At stake is nothing short of control of both our individual genetic privacy and the collective stewardship of our genetic future.

Citizen Bio is fiercely challenging the governmental and secretive research agencies who seek legal control over scientific advances, human reproductive capacities, and one’s own body. This is everyone's conversation, and the collective hair on the back of our necks should be standing.

Directed by Trish Dolman

Trish Dolman is a Canadian film and television director and producer. She is most noted for her 2017 documentary film Canada in a Day, for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Program at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018.

She is also the founder of Screen Sirens Pictures, a production studio based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her other credits as a director include the documentary films Ice Girls, Exit Kingsway and Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson, while her credits as a producer or executive producer include the feature films Flower & Garnet, Year of the Carnivore, Daydream Nation, Foreverland, Hector and the Search for Happiness, Hello Destroyer and Indian Horse, the television documentary series Girl Racers and the television films Pants on Fire, Luna: Spirit of the Whale, Reservation Soldiers and The Bridge.