Miss Evers' Boys (DVD)

EXCELLENT BUY! SHOULD BE IN EVERYBODY'S LIBRARY.

This is a true story that is tragic and shameful. Where is the humanity?

This movie basically opens the eyes to the government's "secret" 40 year Tuskegee experiment on the effects of untreated syphilis. This "experiment" was conducted on poor, black men of Tuskegee, AL told from Eunice's (nurse) POV. It's almost like betrayal in a sense because Eunice was aware of what was happening the entire time and she befriended these men but, felt that it was her "moral" duty to comfort all 412 of them for the duration of the "experiment". This is a must see, cliff's notes version of the Tuskegee Experiment.

This movie makes me so sad so I don't watch it frequently. But it is an extremely important story to tell. Great actors. I wanted for my dvd collection. Great transaction with seller.

This is a made for cable drama based upon true events. As such, historicity takes a back seat to drama. That being said, there is no real reason to complain about this film. It depicts a despicable human experiment that took place near Tuskeegee, Alabama, beginning in 1932 and continuing for several decades. In a government study, black men with syphilis were offered treatment and records were kept on their progress. They got better. Suddenly, the funding for the program was cut. Some time later, a new program was begun. In this one, the black syphilitic men were studied and treated but the treatments were placebos. They served as a control group. Originally, the promise was that, upon completion of the program, the patients would be given the real treatments. In actuality, so much data was derived from these men that the program continued and continued for years with no real treatment. Eventually, the men began to die off and their minds an bodies succumbed to the devastation of the disease.One might well wonder why men would agree to take part in a study like this. The key was, they were never told that they were not being treated. They thought they were getting good health care but the system considered them expendable.One might well wonder why caring medical practitioners would agree to be involved with this study. They did not think they had any real choice. If the study was not done, the men would get no care at all. At least with the study, other health care treatments were given.This story is told from the point of view of a black nurse who was a part of the study from the beginning. It deals with her interactions with the patients and with her personal battles with her conscience. It is well done which just makes the film all the more distressing.

This is a great movie. Another example of how far society and the government have come. And how far we still need to go!!!!

This is an excellent movie. It provides education and awareness of racial bias. More people should be aware of its existence. This film should be re-released.

I teach Community Health Nursing and this is a must see for any one wishing to go into research and/or community health nursing or public health. It details in a very human and touching way, how the Tuskegee syphilis study occurred and puts a face to those who suffered through this horrible injustice. It is a wonderful reminder to every researcher to maintain honesty and integrity in performing research.

The package was considerably huge for just a DVD case, but apart from that everything was excellent. On time and on my door.

I love this DVD. It's well acted and you will be educated as it's based on a true story. One for the collection. Will not be to everyones taste but not everything iin life is. It saw a theater version of this story once and I moved me to tears. This film does too!

A brilliant film which highlights the issues of racial abuse by the state as well as conjuring up a range of emotions. Superbly acted.

Brilliant

The movie is very good with a good cast and the acting is also good. Actress Alfre Woodard is very good as Miss Eunice Evers, a nurse who helps the men who have syphilis. Actors Joe Morton, Craig Sheffer, Laurence Fishburne, Ossie Davis and Obba Babatunde are also good as the doctors and patients, respectively. I felt bad for the men after the government withdrew its funding to treat them; Miss Evers was faced with a terrible dilemma. Years later, Miss Evers had to testify and in the end all the men received compensation for what they went through. Wow! REST IN POWER to the following actors: Mr. Ossie Davis (ne Raiford Chatman Davis) (December 18, 1917-February 4, 2005) and to Mr. E. G. Marshall (ne Everett Eugene Grunz) (June 18, 1914-August 24, 1998): 'You both may be gone but you will never, ever be, forgotten.'