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Title:

Cancer : the emperor of all maladies [dvd] / a film by Barak Goodman.

Format:

[dvd] /

Publisher:

PBS,

Copyright Date:

2015?

Description:

3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Cancer--History.
Leukemia--History.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Television programs for people with visual disabilities.

Other Authors:

Goodman, Barak, film director.
Burns, Ken, 1953- presenter.
Based on (work): Mukherjee, Siddhartha. Emperor of all maladies.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), film producer.

Notes:

Title from container. Based on the book The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Originally produced as a television program for PBS in 2015.

Summary:

Spurred by a personal tragedy, America's foremost documentarian is tackling cancer. Ken Burns examines cancer with a cellular biologist₂s precision, a historian's perspective, and a biographer's passion. The series artfully weaves three different films in one: a riveting historical documentary; an engrossing and intimate verite film; and a scientific and investigative report.

ISBN:

162789277X
9781627892773

OCLC:

(OCoLC)904966945

UPC:

841887024068

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