A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics, Genetics and the American Dream (2016)

Original title

A Dangerous Idea

Directed by

Stephanie Welch

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary traces the history of eugenics in America and how its ideas persist in modern genetics. It connects past forced sterilization programs to current debates about genetic engineering and social policy.

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What happens

A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics, Genetics and the American Dream is a 2016 documentary film about genetics, eugenics, and social inequality in the United States. The film was directed by Stephanie Welch and distributed exclusively by Bullfrog Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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