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Burden of Genius

Burden of Genius

2017·1h 28m·movie·Documentary

Directed by Tjardus Greidanus

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Synopsis

In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy. Critics accused him of recklessness, even murder. Others declared it the beginning of a medical revolution. "Burden of Genius" is the story of an innovator as complex and elusive as the biological secrets he unlocked. It is also a reflection on the price of scientific progress by the man many consider the greatest surgeon of the 20th century and the father of transplantation.

Cast

Main cast
James Redford portrait

James Redford

Self – Filmmaker, Liver Transplant Patient

Larry Kramer portrait

Larry Kramer

Self – Writer/Activist/Liver Transplant Patient

David Crosby portrait

David Crosby

Self – Musician, Liver Transplant Patient

David McCullough portrait

David McCullough

Self – Author, Historian

Arthur Caplan

Self – Professor of Bioethics, NYU

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