The Polio Crusade

Name: The Polio Crusade
Director: Sarah Colt
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2009-02-02
Duration: 55 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Linda Hunt, Larry Becker, Kathryn Black, Betty Cook Brown, Anne B. Crockett-Stark

Directed by Sarah Colt

Documentary

History

20090h 55m

Overview

The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf while scientists raced to eradicate this dreaded disease. Based in part on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Polio: An American Story by David Oshinsky, Features interviews with historians, scientists, polio survivors, and the only surviving scientist from the core research team that developed the Salk vaccine, Julius Youngner.