Heartbeat in the Brain (1970)

Heartbeat in the Brain is a 1970 documentary film produced and directed by Amanda Feilding, an advocate of trepanation. In the film, Feilding, a 27-year-old student at the time, drills a hole in her forehead with a dentist's drill. In the documentary, surgical scenes alternate with motion studies of Feilding's pet pigeon Birdie.

Released Jan. 1, 1970 12 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: tmdb.pigeon, tmdb.trepanation, mdblist.two-actors, tmdb.lost-media, mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.trepanation, imdb.hole + 3 more, imdb.surgery, imdb.bird, imdb.rediscovered-film