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Cholesterol, the great bluff / Quark & ARTE G.E.I.E presents ; a film by Anne Georget ; directed by Anne Georget.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Hypercholesteremia.
- Blood cholesterol--Health aspects.
- Blood cholesterol.
- Pseudoscience.
- Pharmaceutical industry.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (82 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2018]
- Language Note:
- In English and French with English subtitles; 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:
- This film argues that the link between cholesterol and heart disease is tenuous and that its persistence results from a potent mix of bad science, entrenched interests, and pharmaceutical profits.
- Credits:
- Image & sound, Olivier Raffet, Scott Sinkler ; editing, Valérie Salvy.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: ARTE G.E.I.E, Quark, ©2016.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed March 3, 2018).
- Publisher Number:
- if-chole Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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