
Heartbeat in the Brain
Documentary
8.0
Release Date
January 1, 1970
Duration
12 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
Heartbeat in the Brain is a 1970 documentary film 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.