Bodysong

The documentary tells human life from beginning to end. What it uses is archive footage gathered from various sources. The images are cut together with music. The account does not build a plot. The stretch from birth to death is the line it follows. It goes on past death as well. The body itself is the real subject of the film. Anatomy, adolescence and pregnancy are among the subjects covered. Sexuality is among them as well. Music carries the whole of it. The material comes from many different places. Biology and anatomy are the ground the account stands on. What it tells is not one person’s story but the human one. Simon Pummell’s British documentary of 2003 runs eighty three minutes.