Burden of Genius (2017)
In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy. Critics accused him of recklessness, even murder. Others declared it the beginning of a medical revolution. "Burden of Genius" is the story of an innovator as complex and elusive as the biological secrets he unlocked. It is also a reflection on the price of scientific progress by the man many consider the greatest surgeon of the 20th century and the father of transplantation.
Director: Tjardus Greidanus
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James Redford as Self – Filmmaker, Liver Transplant Patient |
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Larry Kramer as Self – Writer/Activist/Liver Transplant Patient |
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David Crosby as Self – Musician, Liver Transplant Patient |
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David McCullough as Self – Author, Historian |
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Arthur Caplan as Self – Professor of Bioethics, NYU |
| Production | Laura Davis | Producer |
| Directing | Tjardus Greidanus | Director |
| Editing | Tjardus Greidanus | Editor |
| Camera | Tjardus Greidanus | Director of Photography |
| Sound | David Majzlin | Music |
| Writing | Tjardus Greidanus | Writer |
