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"Stripped down to its sellable parts, the recycled human body can be repackaged and sold for around 200 thousand dollars. Skin and bone from the dead are part of a new resources boom.

This stylish and audacious film takes an unflinching look at the human tissue trade in Australia, its commercialisation and the future of the supply chain. It's told through the journey of "Richard", a newly-dead donor who witnesses the wondrous life-saving possibilities of the new tissue-based medial products made from cadavers like him. But, he also learns of the perils of privatisation, including a bodysnatching scandal in New York which sparks infection fears as far away as Australia.

Over My Dead Body will make you think long and hard about the curious transactions humans make with each other over the recycling of the dead"

I'm very pleased with the score for this engaging and moving documentary. I got to have some fun with the orchestral palette on this one...

• Broadcast on ABC Television, Australia (2007)

• Nominated for an ATOM Award, Best Documentary Science, Technology and the Environment (2008)

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What the Critics Have Said

“Walker has created a film that is both fascinating and compelling.” - Judy Adamson, The Age, 14 November 2007

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