After more than a year's research, visiting geneticists, physicians, patients, and plant breeders, filmmaker Claudia Ruby reveals what is already happening with gene editing in laboratories and clinics, in greenhouses and trial fields, without the knowledge of the public at large. The film interviews both supporters and opponents, who are all agreed on one thing at least: an intensive public discussion is urgently needed. Because ‘CRISPR' can dramatically affect all our lives.

After more than a year's research, visiting geneticists, physicians, patients, and plant breeders, filmmaker Claudia Ruby reveals what is already happening with gene editing in laboratories and clinics, in greenhouses and trial fields, without the knowledge of the public at large. The film interviews both supporters and opponents, who are all agreed on one thing at least: an intensive public discussion is urgently needed. Because ‘CRISPR' can dramatically affect all our lives.