Cancer : the emperor of all maladies
(DVD)
Contributors
Goodman, Barak, filmmaker,
Burns, Ken, 1953- presenter,
Ward, Geoffrey C., screenwriter.
Blistein, David, screenwriter.
Youngelson, Jack, television director.
Burns, Ken, 1953- presenter,
Ward, Geoffrey C., screenwriter.
Blistein, David, screenwriter.
Youngelson, Jack, television director.
Published
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2015].
Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 344 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Oliver La Farge - Media
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| Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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| Main Library - Media | DVD 616.994 Can | Checked Out | May 7, 2024 |
| Oliver La Farge - Media | DVD 616.994 Can | On Shelf | |
| Southside - Media | DVD 616.994 Can | On Shelf |
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Published
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2015].
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
UPC
841887024068
Notes
General Note
Documentary.
General Note
Title from disc surface.
General Note
"Based on the book The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee."
Creation/Production Credits
Executive producer, Ken Burns ; editors, Peter R. Livingston, Karen K.H. Sim, Nancy Novack ; series producer, Barak Goodman ; composers, David Cieri, Ed Bilous, Greg Kalember ; directors of photography, Robert Hanna, Stephen McCarthy, Sam Russell.
Participants/Performers
Narrator, Edward Herrmann ; commentator, Siddhartha Mukherjee.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally released as a television program for PBS in 2015.
Description
The story of the war on cancer spans centuries and continents. It is a scientific story, but also a deeply human one: of doctors, researchers, and especially patients who -- through courage, suffering, and occasional hubris -- pushed the boundaries of knowledge. These people helped define cancer as the scourge of the modern age, and then mobilized the federal government and private industry to wage an all-out campaign against it -- a campaign we are still fighting. Cancer: The Emperor of all Maladies, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning bood by Siddhartha Mukherjee, tells the complete story of cancer, from its first description in an ancient Egyptian scroll to the gleaming laboratories of modern research institutions.
Target Audience
TV parental guidelines rating: TV-14 (parents strongly cautioned; this program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age).
System Details
DVD format; NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.
Language
Closed-captioned in English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); audio-described in English.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Cancer -- History.
Cancer -- Research -- History.
Documentary television programs.
Leukemia -- History.
Medical television programs.
Mukherjee, Siddhartha -- Television adaptations.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television adaptations.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Cancer -- Research -- History.
Documentary television programs.
Leukemia -- History.
Medical television programs.
Mukherjee, Siddhartha -- Television adaptations.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television adaptations.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects