Burden of Genius

Burden of Genius (2017)

In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2017-01-01
  • Runtime: 1h 28min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Laura Davis Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Tjardus Greidanus

Summary

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.

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  • James Redford

    as Self – Filmmaker, Liver Transplant Patient
  • Larry Kramer

    as Self – Writer/Activist/Liver Transplant Patient
  • David Crosby

    as Self – Musician, Liver Transplant Patient
  • David McCullough

    as Self – Author, Historian
  • 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

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