Alfre Woodard, Craig Sheffer, Donzaleigh Abernathy
The true story of the US Government's 1932 Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiments, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure having been developed.
DVD Release Date: January 8, 2002
Stats: 23 reviews
This is the story of the nurse who participated in the Tuskegee experiment done in Alabama during WWII. The goverment wanted to repeat a syphilis study that had been done in Oslo during the late 1800s. Back then it was done on white men before a cure was known. This time, they wa...( read more)
Once more a truly touching and upsetting film about the injustice uneducated blacks received from whites.
Well done film ..sad reminder of the injustices done against the African American race in the name of "research". I am thankful Pres. Clinton made a public apology but, it does seem a little late. I suppose better late than never. A must see for all those that want to be informed...( read more)
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