The Eugenics
Crusade is a documentary film that premiered on US television (PBS) in 2018.
It is an episode of the long-running program American Experience (season 30,
episode 9). Here is some basic information about it:
** Writer and
director: Michelle Ferrari
** Narrator: Corey
Stoll
** Run time: 113
minutes
Several persons
are interviewed in the film. Here are the names (in alphabetical order):
** Adam Cohen -
writer
** Nathaniel
Comfort - historian
** Daniel Kevles -
historian
** Wendy Kline -
historian
** Thomas C.
Leonard - historian
** Paul A.
Lombardo - historian
** Siddhartha
Mukherjee – writer
** Alondra Nelson
- sociologist
** Christine Rosen
- writer
** Jonathan Spiro
– historian
** Alexandra Minna
Stern - historian
** Keith Wailoo –
historian
The topic of this
film is the eugenics crusade in the US. The time frame is the first half of the
20th century. The story begins around the year 1900 and ends around the year
1950.
Between the
talking heads – mostly historians - there are old clips and old photos in
black-and-white. The film is long, but it does not feel long. It is thorough.
The topic is covered in great detail.
What do reviewers
say about it? On IMDb it has a rating of 74 per cent, which corresponds to
(almost) four stars on Amazon. On the US version of Amazon there are at the
moment fifteen reviews of this product. The average rating is 4.3 stars.
I understand the
positive reviews. The story is important and in this film it is told very well.
I want to go all the way to the top with this product. I think it deserves a
rating of five stars.
PS # 1. In The
Eugenics Crusade the question of immigration to the US is mentioned several
times. For more information about this topic, see the following item:
The
Chinese Exclusion Act (2018).
This documentary film is an episode of
American Experience (season 30, episode 7).
PS # 2. A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics, Genetics and the American Dream is a documentary film which premiered in 2016.
Some basic details:
** Director: Stephanie Welch
** Writers: Andrew Kimbrell, David Scalisi and Stephanie Welch
** Run time: 106 minutes
For more details, visit my blog of September 2021.
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