The Polio Crusade

Name: The Polio Crusade
Genre: History, Documentary
Duration: 55 min
Cast: Linda Hunt, Larry Becker, Kathryn Black, Betty Cook Brown, Anne B. Crockett-Stark

"A time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease"Movie

StarringLinda HuntLarry BeckerKathryn Black

DirectorSarah Colt

WriterSarah Colt

NR 55 minHistory, Documentary

Plot

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.

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