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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780783110905 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 0783110901 Label: Hbo Home Video Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Hbo Home Video Release Date: April 14, 1998 Running Time: 118 minutes Sales Rank: 20315 Studio: Hbo Home Video Theatrical Release Date: February 22, 1997
Rating: - informative
it's a great movie that allows you to see how the tuskegee study actually came about and how it took many years later for something to be done. its sad but informative. i loved it.
Rating: - great!
I was impressed and pleased with the speed of delivery and the quality of the product.
Rating: - Miss Evers Boys
I enjoyed it tremendously. (You'll have to watch out that it doesn't depress you). However, I found it to be noteworthy as it was historical and shed a bit of light on a situation that maybe some did not know ever existed. I would have liked it if the story would have dealt more with the government's ivolvement with the Tuskegee Project in preventing medicine to be given to the black men that were unknowingly used for this experiment. This story focused more on Miss Ever's commitment to the men, instead of the government's decision that these human beings were expendable. Excellent acting by ... Read More
Rating: - Follows Historical Details
I had to be involved in a debate for school about the Tuskegee Incident. This video seems to follow history fairly accurately, unlike some of Hollywood's other 'based on real life' stories.
Rating: - Every race responds to disease in the same manner
Unfortunately, the "Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphillis in the Negro Male", which began in 1932 in Alabama, is strong proof that clinical studies were not created equal. In this experiment, poor African American males were not treated for syphillis and not told of their true condition.
When penicillin became available as a treatment, the subjects were not afforded the option of getting the shots. (NOTE: Depending on the stage of syphillis, penicillin may not be a safe treatment option)
As a result of unethical treatment on the part of the experimenters in this study, ... Read More
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