Heartbeat in the Brain(1970)

Name: Heartbeat in the Brain
Director: Amanda Feilding
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1970-01-01
Duration: 12 min
Cast: Amanda Feilding, Birdie

Amanda Feilding Birdie

A documentary produced and directed by Amanda Feilding, an advocate of trepanation. In the film, Feilding, a 27-year-old student at the time, drills a hole in her forehead with a dentist's drill. In the documentary, surgical scenes alternate with motion studies of Feilding's pet pigeon Birdie.