The Genius and the Boys (2009)

The Genius and the Boys (2009)

2009-06-01 Sweden 89 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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)

Cast

Michael Alpers is Himself - Professor of Medicine - Expert on Kuru
Himself - Professor of Medicine - Expert on Kuru
Warwick Anderson is Professor in Medical Anthropology
Professor in Medical Anthropology
Sena Anua is Medical Reporter - PNGIMR
Medical Reporter - PNGIMR
Carleton Gajdusek is Himself - Virologist - Anthropologist - Linguist - Author - etc
Himself - Virologist - Anthropologist - Linguist - Author - etc
Robert Gajdusek is Brother
Brother
Robert Gallo is Himself - Director, Institute of Human Virology and Co-discoverer HIV
Himself - Director, Institute of Human Virology and Co-discoverer HIV
Oliver Sacks is Himself - Professor of Neurology and Author
Himself - Professor of Neurology and Author
Lovisa Mbagintao is Secretary
Secretary
Benoît B. Mandelbrot is Himself - Former Professor of Mathematics - Yale and Princeton (as Benoit Mandelbrot)
Himself - Former Professor of Mathematics - Yale and Princeton (as Benoit Mandelbrot)

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