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The eugenics crusade [videorecording (DVD)].

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DVD 363.92 E87 Doc

Galton, Francis, 1822-1911.

Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944.

Eugenics -- United States -- History.

American experience (PBS Distribution)

Alternate title:

American experience. The eugenics crusade [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (115 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 12 cm.

Originally broadcast as an episode of the television series "American experience" on October 16, 2018.

"What's wrong with perfect?"--Container.

Running time indicated on container: approximately 120 minutes; actual running time 115 minutes.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

A 42nd Parallel films production for American experience ; produced by Connie Honeycutt, Rafael de la Uz, Michelle Ferrari ; written and directed by Michelle Ferrari.

Narrator, Corey Stoll ; commentators, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Keith Wailoo, Thomas C. Leonard.

"A hybrid derived from the Greek words meaning 'well' and 'born,' the term eugenics was coined in 1883 by Sir Francis Galton, a British cousin to Charles Darwin, to name a new 'science' through which human beings might take charge of their own evolution. The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the unlikely -- and largely unknown -- movement that turned the fledgling scientific theory of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control. Perhaps more surprising still, American eugenics was neither the work of fanatics, nor the product of fringe science. The goal of the movement was simple and, to its disciples, laudable: to eradicate social ills by limiting the number of those considered to be genetically 'unfit' -- a group that would expand to include many immigrant groups, the poor, Jews, the mentally and physically disabled, and the 'morally delinquent.' At its peak in the 1920s, the movement was in every way mainstream, packaged as a progressive quest for 'healthy babies.' Its doctrines were not only popular and practiced, but codified by laws that severely restricted immigration and ultimately led to the institutionalization and sterilization of tens of thousands of American citizens. Populated by figures both celebrated and obscure, The Eugenics Crusade is an often revelatory portrait of an America at once strange and eerily familiar."--Container.

Documentary television programs.

Historical television programs.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Ferrari, Michelle.

Stoll, Corey, 1976-

Mukherjee, Siddhartha.

Leonard, Thomas C., 1960-

42nd Parallel Films.

American Experience Films.

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

PBS Distribution (Firm)

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