Miss Evers' boys [videorecording] / HBO NYC presents ; an Anasazi production ; producer[s], Kip Konwiser, Derek Kavanagh ; teleplay by Walter Bernstein ; directed by Joseph Sargent.
Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Sheffer, Joe Morton, Obba BabatundeĢ, Thom Gossom Jr., Von Coulter, E.G. Marshall, Ossie Davis. Originally broadcast on Feb. 22, 1997. Based on the play: Miss Evers' boys / by David Feldshuh. "Based on the true story of the infamous Tuskegee experiment"--Disc label. Originally produced for television in 1997. Special feature: cast/crew bios (Woodard, Fishburne, Sheffer, Morton, BabatundeĢ, Davis, Marshall, Sargent, Bernstein).
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.
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