| Description |
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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surround |
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Dolby |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD, Dolby surround stereo. |
| Cast |
Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Sheffer, Joe Morton, Obba Babatundé, E.G. Marshall, Ossie Davis. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast by HBO Feb. 22, 1997. |
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Based on the play by David Feldshuh. |
| Audience |
Rated PG. |
| Summary |
In 1932, Nurse Eunice Evers is invited to work with doctors on the "Tuskegee Experiment" to study the effects of syphilis. She is faced with a terrible dilemma when she learns the patients are denied treatment that could cure them. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. Includes French and Spanish dubbed versions and subtitles in English, French or Spanish. |
| Subject |
Syphilis -- Research -- Alabama -- Drama.
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Syphilis -- Research. |
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Alabama. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
African American men -- Diseases -- Alabama -- Drama.
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African American men -- Diseases. |
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African American men. |
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Human experimentation in medicine -- Alabama -- Drama.
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Human experimentation in medicine. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Konwiser, Kip.
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Kavanagh, Derek.
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Bernstein, Walter, screenwriter.
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Sargent, Joseph, 1925-2014, director.
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Woodard, Alfre, 1953- actor.
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Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- actor.
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Sheffer, Craig, 1960- actor.
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Morton, Joe, 1947- actor.
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Babatunde, Obba, actor.
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Marshall, E. G., 1914-1998, actor.
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Davis, Ossie, actor.
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Feldshuh, David, 1944-
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HBO NYC Productions.
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Anasazi Productions.
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HBO Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0783120117 |
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9780783120119 |
| Standard No. |
026359138928 |
| Music No. |
91389 HBO Home Video |
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