When the Canaries Stop Singing

  • Run time: 40 min
  • Premiere: 1992. January 14.

Canaries were used by miners to alert them to the presence of poisonous gases underground. If a canary died, they knew the air was bad. This film is about human canaries - some of the first victims of a newly recognised and devastating illness emerging in America. People are being poisoned by some of the 60,000 chemicals in everyday use. A group of chemically ill people have found refuge in unusual homes in the clean air of the small Texan town of Wimberley - with painful and bizarre results.

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Directing

John Edginton

Director

Directing

John Edginton

Director