What if we could identify the genes for human intelligence Would a brave new world of improved human beings be waiting for us The documentary DNA Dreams features a new generation of scientists at BGI Chinas leading genomics research institute The film follows eighteenyearold Zhao Bowen who wants to find the genetic basis of intelligence by analysing the DNA of 2000 highly gifted children At BGIs cloning lab twentyfiveyearold Lin Lin produces pigs in all shapes and forms Deeply in love with her work she feels like a mother to the piglets that are conceived under her microscope
DirectorBregtje van der Haak