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The Genius and the Boys
D Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of Prions - the particles that would emerge as the cause of Mad Cow disease - while working with a cannibal tribe on New Guinea. He was a star of the scientific world. Over his years working amongst the tribes of the South Seas, he adopted 57 kids, bringing them to a new life in Washington DC. His adoptions were hailed as wonderful fatherly beneficence. But, at the height of his career, rumours began to spread he was a paedophile. Gajdusek would argue that if sex with children was okay in their own cultures, he wasn't wrong to join in. How could a great mind like Gajdusek's lose insight so totally, and why would the scientific community to which he was a hero be so quick to leap to his defence and dismiss the allegations? (Storyville)
| Release : | 2009 |
| Rating : | 7.5 |
| Studio : | Svenska Filminstitutet, ARTE GEIE, BBC Storyville, |
| Crew : | Director, Editor, |
| Cast : | Robert Gallo Oliver Sacks |
| Genre : | Documentary TV Movie |
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It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
