This document discusses the historical, social, and cultural aspects surrounding the 1997 film Gattaca. It notes key scientific breakthroughs in cloning, including the cloning of Dolly the sheep in 1996, which raised ethical concerns. The film Gattaca explored a future where genetic engineering and genetic discrimination were common, raising questions about human identity and free will. The documentary suggests this reflected anxieties at the time about advancing biotechnology and its implications for society.

1. Historical / Social / Cultural Aspects: Gattaca (Special Edition) Featurette - 'Do Not Alter'
https://youtu.be/mZs0MLck1xs
1) What world are we claimedtobe approaching?
2) What was the firstbreakthrough?
3) Who were the people whoachievedit?
4) What was the secondbreakthrough?
5) Who were the people whoachievedit?
6) What changedinthis 20-year span?
7) What was thisprojectcalled?
8) Why were these detailspostedtothe internet?
9) What was the goal of the project?
10) What cellsare key?
11) What isthe scary word?
12) Who or whatwas Dolly?
13) For whatpurpose wasit closed?
14) What feelingswere associatedwithDolly?
15) What feelingswere associatedwiththe wider conceptof cloning?
16) What failedinthe processof cloningDolly?
17) What type of cloningare we ‘infor’?
18) What are moral precepts?
19) What isthe ‘Catch-22’situation?
20) Gattaca askswhat question?
21) What isthe bigcore question?
22) What isGenoism?
23) What isthe teacher’strick?
24) What ispredictedof the nextcentury?
25) What was the previous‘newfrontier’?
26) What isconceivedof the next‘new frontier’?
Provide three fears you recognise from the time?
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