Skin Deep is a 2010 documentary from the Smithsonian Channel that follows the work of anthropologist Nina Jablonski and other scientists as they try to discover the story of the evolutionary development of human skin pigment. Skin Deep traces the story of human skin evolution back to our early common ancestors in Africa and the eventual migration of humans out of Africa 120,000 years ago. Anthropologist Nina Jablonski and her scientific colleagues postulate the effects of the climate, diet and other environmental changes on …
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Filmmaker Byron Hurt’s documentary Soul Food Junkies looks at the history of African American culinary traditions and its influence on the greater U.S. culinary traditions. Byron also delves into the socio-economic-politics of food in the United States, the health concerns over soul food cooking, the unhealthy effects of processed fast food in the inner cities and various “food deserts” located in the United States. Soul Food Junkies also tries to highlight the growing movement of organic urban farming and the healthier …
Artists are no strangers to using bodily fluids such as blood, sweat and tears (figuratively and literally) in their work. In the case of artist EA Conner, he uses human semen mixed in his paints for his artwork. Because of the quantity he needs for his paintings, EA Conner receives donations of semen. The first thought from someone finding out that the paintings EA Conner makes contains human semen is probably “gross,” but it makes his artwork intimate and allows …
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