FISH´N´PILLS

The Pill – symbol of sexual freedom. More than 100 million women worldwide use the contraceptive pill everyday. But what are the consequences? Are people really free in their decision making – taking these synthetic hormones? Women experiencing side-effects, fish changing their genders, pharmaceutical industry earning money, men suffering from increasing sterility: and scientists talking about new substances in the environment they refer to as endocrine disrupters.

Year: 2007, Country: Czech Republic, Genre: documentary, Duration: 20 min., Language: Czech, English, Format: 16 mm, Conceived by: Tereza Tara, Directed by: Tereza Tara, Written by: Tereza Tara, Director of Photography: Braňo Pažitka, Sound: Vítek Jíra, Editing: Kateřina Vrbová- Krutská, Music: Runa Una Luna, Production: Tereza Tara, In the film appear: Jaroslav Petr, biologist, Helena Máslová, gynecologist Pavel Čepický, gynecologist, Tomáš Randák, hydrobiologist , Thanks to: Šipka, Special thanks to: Martin Mareček, Klára Konečná and Goethe Institut, LINK, Original title: Hormonální akvárium