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A dangerous idea : eugenics, genetics and the American dream / Paragon Media ; in association with Denkmal Film ; director and producer, Stephanie Welch ; written by Stephanie Welch, Andrew Kimbrell ; producer, N. Jed Riffe.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eugenics--United States--History.
- Eugenics.
- Equality.
- History.
- United States.
- Human genetics--Social aspects.
- Human genetics.
- Equality--United States--History.
- DNA--Analysis.
- DNA.
- Human evolution.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (108 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Eugenics, genetics and the American dream
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2018]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Examines the history of the US eugenics movement and its recent resurrection, which uses false scientific claims and holds that an all-powerful 'gene' determines who is worthy and who is not.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Neil Harvey.
- Credits:
- Editors, Maureen Gosling, Sara Maamouri, Stephanie Welch ; composer, Jonathan Zalben ; camera, Waldemar Hauschild [and 16 others].
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Paragon Media and the Cornerstone Campaign, ©2017.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed March 3, 2018).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-dang Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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