Film
Burden of Genius
2017 · 1h 28m · Documentary
In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy.
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Overview
In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy. Critics accused him of recklessness, even murder. Others declared it the beginning of a medical revolution. "Burden of Genius" is the story of an innovator as complex and elusive as the biological secrets he unlocked. It is also a reflection on the price of scientific progress by the man many consider the greatest surgeon of the 20th century and the father of transplantation.
Cast
James Redford
Self – Filmmaker, Liver Transplant Patient
Larry Kramer
Self – Writer/Activist/Liver Transplant Patient
David Crosby
Self – Musician, Liver Transplant Patient
David McCullough
Self – Author, Historian
Arthur Caplan
Self – Professor of Bioethics, NYU
Crew
- Tjardus GreidanusWriter · Director · Editor · Director of Photography
- Laura DavisProducer
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 2017
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Budget
- $600,000
- Genres
- Documentary
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