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The eugenics crusade

Honeycutt, Connie, (television producer.). Uz, Rafael de la, (television producer.). Ferrari, Michelle, (television director,, television producer,, screenwriter.). Stoll, Corey, 1976- (narrator.). Mukherjee, Siddhartha, (commentator.). Wailoo, Keith, (commentator.). Leonard, Thomas C., 1960- (commentator.). Halpern, Nathan, 1978- (composer.). 42nd Parallel Films, (production company.). American Experience Films, (production company.). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), (production company.). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), (publisher.). PBS Distribution (Firm), (film distributor.).

Presents the story of the eugenics movement in the U.S., tracing its evolution from a force for human progress through the study of genetics to an anti-humanistic campaign for state-sponsored sterilization and the closing of the country's borders to peoples believed by some to be genetically inferior.

DVD  - 2018
363.92 Eugen
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Subject
Galton, Francis, 1822-1911.
Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944.
Eugenics > United States > History.
Genre
Television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
  • ISBN: 9781531706319
  • Physical Description videodisc
    1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition Widescreen.
  • Publisher [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2018]
  • Distributor [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Documentary.
"Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--Container.
"American experience is a production of WGBH."
"American Experience Films, PBS."
Originally produced as an episode of the television series: American experience.
Program content: ©2018.
Running time indicated on container: approximately 120 minutes; actual running time 115 minutes.
Wide screen.
GMD: videodisc.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Composer of original score, Nathan Halpern.
Participant or Performer Note: Narrator, Corey Stoll ; commentators, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Keith Wailoo, Thomas C. Leonard.
Target Audience Note:
TV-PG.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (16x9) presentation; stereo.
Language Note:
In English with optional English subtitles.