Miss Evers' boys

The Resource Miss Evers' boys
Label
Miss Evers' boys
Statement of responsibility
HBO NYC presents ; an Anasazi production ; producer[s], Kip Konwiser, Derek Kavanagh ; teleplay by Walter Bernstein ; directed by Joseph Sargent
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Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
"It is 1932 when loyal, devoted Nurse Eunice Evers is invited to work with Dr. Brodus and Dr. Douglas on a federally funded program to treat syphilis patients in Alabama. Free treatment is offered to those who test positive for the disease, including Caleb Humphries and Willie Johnson. But when the government withdraws its support, money is offered for what will become known as 'The Tuskegee Experiment'; a study of the effects of syphilis on patients who don't receive treatment. Now the men must be led to believe they are being cared for, when in fact they are being denied the medicine that could cure them. Miss Evers is faced with a terrible dilemma - to abandon the experiment and tell her patients or to remain silent and offer only comfort"--Container
Cataloging source
JED
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematography, Donald M. Morgan ; edited by Michael Brown ; music by Charles Bernstein
Date time place
Originally broadcast on Feb. 22, 1997
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG
Language note
  • In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish; optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish
  • Closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Sheffer, Joe Morton, Obba Babatundé, Thom Gossom Jr., Von Coulter, E.G. Marshall, Ossie Davis
Runtime
118
Technique
live action
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