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The Forgotten Plague

6.520151h MovieDocumentaryHistory

Tuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost two centuries. While it shaped medical pursuits, social habits, economic development and public policy, TB and its impact are poorly understood.

DirectorChana Gazit
WritersChana Gazit·Sheila Rothman
ProducersMark Samuels·Chana Gazit

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Cast · Directed by Chana Gazit

MMMichael Murphy
Michael Murphy
Himself - Narrator (voice)
AB
Andrea Barrett
Herself - Writer
AC
Andrea Cooper
Herself - Immunologist
JC
Joanne Curtis
Herself - TB Survivor
SD
Sherwood Davies
Himself - TB Survivor
MH
Mary Hotaling
Herself - Writer
PP
Peter Pringle
Himself - Writer
SR
Sheila Rothman
Herself - Author, Living in the Shadow of Death
VS
Vivian Schatz
Herself - Wife
WJ
Whitney Seymour Jr.
Himself - TB Survivor
JS
John Stoeckle
Himself - TB Survivor
NT
Nancy Tomes
Herself - Historian

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