The Polio Crusade

Name: The Polio Crusade
Director: Sarah Colt
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2009-02-02T
Duration: 55 min
Rating: 0.0
Cast: Linda Hunt, Larry Becker, Kathryn Black, Betty Cook Brown, Anne B. Crockett-Stark

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The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf while scientists raced to eradicate this dreaded disease. Based in part on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Polio: An American Story by David Oshinsky, Features interviews with historians, scientists, polio survivors, and the only surviving scientist from the core research team that developed the Salk vaccine, Julius Youngner.

Actor: Linda Hunt, Larry Becker, Kathryn Black, Betty Cook Brown, Anne B. Crockett-Stark, John M. Johnson, Samuel L. Katz, Paul A. Offit, David M. Oshinsky, Eleanor Sage

Director: Sarah Colt

Years: 2009

Quality: HD

Production: GBH, Sarah Colt Productions

The Polio Crusade

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