The Forgotten Plague

Plot

Tuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost two centuries. While it shaped medical pursuits, social habits, economic development and public policy, TB an... read more

  • Chana Gazit

    Director

  • Chana Gazit

    Writer

  • Sheila Rothman

    Writer

  • Stephen McCarthy

    Director of Photography

  • Andrea Barrett

    Herself - Writer

  • Andrea Cooper

    Herself - Immunologist

  • Joanne Curtis

    Herself - TB Survivor

  • Sherwood Davies

    Himself - TB Survivor

  • Mary Hotaling

    Herself - Writer

  • Michael Murphy

    Himself - Narrator (voice)

  • Peter Pringle

    Himself - Writer

  • Sheila Rothman

    Herself - Author, Living in the Shadow of Death

  • Vivian Schatz

    Herself - Wife

  • Whitney Seymour Jr.

    Himself - TB Survivor

  • John Stoeckle

    Himself - TB Survivor

  • Nancy Tomes

    Herself - Historian

  • Runtime

    60 minutes

    Released

    2015-02-10

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    WGBH Boston

    Updated

    1554 days ago

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