Let There Be Life
Gillian Weeks, Writer
Sloan Grant(s) Received:
2018, TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund, Tribeca Film Institute
2019, Sloan Commissioning Grant, Sundance Institute
Project Type: Feature
Genre: Drama
Length: 120 pages
Field of Science: Biology, Embryology, In Vitro Fertilization
Stage: Development
Synopsis
Bob Edwards, a brilliant underdog from Yorkshire, England, sets out to create the world’s first “test-tube baby” in 1978, defying the moral and medical establishment and leading to the birth of in vitro fertilization—8 million people (so far).