Work in Progress: The Standard Man

A factory outside Hamburg produces the world’s best-selling anatomical skeleton—The Standard Skeleton. All copies of the model are made from the same human remains: the bones of an unknown man who has been stored behind a steel door in the factory for decades. Who is this man, still haunting classrooms and hospitals around the world today? The search for answers leads to the violent history of anatomy and to Polish forced laborers during the Nazi era. What really is a human standard, and how does it shape our understanding of ourselves?

MODERATOR: ULRIKA BANDEIRA, TEMPO DOKUMENTÄRFESTIVAL

4 March | 14:00–14:30 | Mötesplats Mariatorget

The project is presented within Tempo Work in Progress, where audiences are given an exclusive insight into some of Sweden’s most exciting documentary projects before they reach the public. As part of Tempo Work in Progress, eight films and one research project at various stages of development are presented. The program is carried out in collaboration with Svenska Filminstitutet, Film Stockholm, and SVT Dokumentär. In connection with the presentations, the Documentary Association of Europe awards the DAE Encouragement Award to one of the projects.

Industry accreditation is required to participate. Read more here.