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Miss Evers' Boys

Miss Evers' Boys

Description: When nurse Eunice Evers (Alfre Woodard) is chosen to facilitate a program intended to curb syphilis rates among African Americans in rural Alabama, she is gratified to be able to serve her community. Over time, however, the study becomes twisted into a shocking human experiment in which patients are systematically denied much-needed medicine. Decades after the fact, Evers is called before a Senate committee to testify as to what really happened during the infamous "Tuskegee Study."
Genre: Drama, War
Year Released: 1997
Awards: The President's Award, MORE
Initial Release: February 22, 1997
Director: Joseph Sargent
Production Company: HBO
Producers: Kip Konwiser, Derek Kavanagh, Peter Stelzer, Kern Konwiser
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