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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.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Welch, Stephanie, editor of moving image work, screenwriter, film producer, film director.
Kimbrell, Andrew, screenwriter.
Riffe, N. Jed, film producer.
Harvey, Neil, narrator.
Bullfrog Films, distributor.
Paragon Media (Berkeley, Calif.), production company.
Denkmal Filmproduction, production company.
Cornerstone Campaign, production company.
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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