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Miss Evers' Boys (TV)

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Original title

Miss Evers' Boys

Year

1997

Running time

118 min.

Country

United States

Director

Joseph Sargent

Screenwriter

Walter Bernstein. Play: David Feldshuh

Cast

Music

Charles Bernstein

Cinematography

Donald M. Morgan

Producer

Anasazi Productions, HBO

Genre

Drama. War | Disease/illness. TV Movie

Synopsis

In 1932 Macon County, Alabama, the federal government launched into a medical study called The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Blacks With Syphilis. The study selected 412 men infected with the disease and faked long term treatment, while really only giving them placebos and liniments. The premise of the action was to determine if blacks reacted similar to whites to the overall effects of the disease. The experiment was only discontinued 40 years later when a Senate investigation was initiated. At that time, only 127 of the original study group were left alive. The story is told from the point of view of Nurse Eunice Evers, who was well aware of the lack of treatment being offered, but felt her role was to console the involved men, many of whom were her direct friends. In fact the movie's name comes from the fact that a performing dancer and three musicians named their act for her - "Miss Evers' Boys". All had the disease. A romance with one goes unrequited even after he joins the army during world war II and is treated and cured by penicillin. As the result of the Senate investigation, the medical experimentation on humans has been curbed. The survivors of the study did receive treatment and financial compensation after the Senate Investigation.

Awards: 1997: Emmy: 5 Awards, Including Best TV Movie and Actress (Woodard). 12 Nominations

1997: Golden Globes: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Picture (Woodard). 2 nominations

1997: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Best TV Movie

1997: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director (Miniseries/TV Movie)

1997: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries (Woodard)

1997: Satellite Awards: Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television. 3 nominations

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Miss Evers' Boys (TV)

1997

Joseph Sargent

6.0

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