Requiem for the Redhead?

Moving image / DV Video / 2009
3 minutes
Commissioned by Artsadmin and Ch4
Funded by Wellcome Trust and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

2009 saw the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, and the 150th anniversary of his book, The Origin of the Species.

The colour red has many powerful associations – from danger and anger… to passion and joy. Requiem For The Redhead? playfully considers the facts and fictions of red hair and the recessive gene that causes it.

Screenings include: Ch4 broadcast; Natural History Museum, London; Cambridge Arts Picturehouse; Tyneside Cinema; Shortwaves Cinema, London; Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Spain

Credits:

Voice Over: Theron Schmidt
Sound Design: Graeme Miller
Science Consultant: Ken Grimes
Producer: Cheryl Pierce
Executive Producers: Judith Knight, Bob Lockyer