MYTH OR SCIENCE
THE POWER OF POO
Every year, world wide, we produce 9 billion kilograms of poop - that’s six metric tons per person over a lifetime!
Most of us find poo repulsive. But not Dr Jennifer Gardy, a microbiologist at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Dookie is on one of her favourite subjects.“We’re hard-wired to believe that excrement is gross,” says Gardy. “But scientists are beginning to realize that there may be more to our stools than meets the eye… and nose.”
In Myth or Science: The Power of Poo, Gardy discovers that researchers around the world agree. Rather than a waste product to be banished, they believe our feces is scientific gold that should be mined for secrets that could change our lives.
But are they full of it?
To find out, Gardy films her colon, chases down Orca scat and drinks water extracted from animal poop. What she discovers raises a critical question: is excrement really our enemy or are we flushing a valuable resource down the drain?
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Director
Jeff Semple
Host & Narrator
Dr. Jennifer Gardy
Executive Producer
Dugald Maudsley
Writer
Monika Delmos
Story Consultant
Dugald Maudsley
Editor
David Murray
Director of Photography
Nigel Akam
Sound Recordist
Michael Kennedy
Composer
Jeffrey Morrow
Researcher
Monika Delmos
Production Manager
Diane Marcotte
Production Coordinator
Gillian Main
Visual Effects Designer
Mark Alberts, Electric Square
Post Production Supervisor/Online Editor
Eric Wiegand
Visual Researcher
Elspeth Domville
Additional Camera
Peter Meakin
Re-recording Mixer
Grant Edmonds
SFX Editor
Andy Frech
Assistant SFX Editor
Hatley Edmonds
Colour Correction
Creative Post
Publicist
David Mccaughna
Special Thanks
Ciusss North Island
Covent Garden Market Authority
Goldsmiths University of London
James Simon
Lakwena Maciver
Lawrence Rosenblum
National Trust, White Cliffs of Dover
Oxford City Outdoor Markets
Presented by LSD Promotions
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University of Leeds
University of Oxford
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Producer
Dugald Maudsley
Business Affairs
Gillian Main
Production Accountant
Rebecca Humble Mcculloch
Legal Counsel
David Steinberg
For the CBC
General Manager, Programming
Sally Catto
Executive Director, Unscripted Content
Jennifer Dettman
Senior Director, Documentary
Sandra Kleinfeld
Executive in Charge of Production
Sue Dando
Director of Production, Unscripted Content
Alexandra Lane
Director of Finance, Unscripted Content
Julie Lawlor
Produced with the Participation Of
Canada Media Fund
The Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit
Ontario Media Development Corporation
Rogers Telefund
Produced in Association With
The Nature of Things With David Suzuki
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
www.cbc.ca/natureofthings
Copyright 2017
@ 2017 IF: Myth 6 Productions Inc.
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