The Forgotten Plague
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.
Director: Chana Gazit
Writer: Chana Gazit
Writer: Sheila Rothman
Cast
Michael Murphy
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Andrea Barrett
Herself - Writer
Andrea Cooper
Herself - Immunologist
Joanne Curtis
Herself - TB Survivor
Sherwood Davies
Himself - TB Survivor
Mary Hotaling
Herself - Writer
Peter Pringle
Himself - Writer
Sheila Rothman
Herself - Author, Living in the Shadow of Death
Vivian Schatz
Herself - Wife
Whitney Seymour Jr.
Himself - TB Survivor
John Stoeckle
Himself - TB Survivor
Nancy Tomes
Herself - Historian
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