The Polio Crusade

The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf while scientists raced to eradicate this dreaded disease. Based in part on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Polio: An American Story by David Oshinsky, Features interviews with historians, scientists, polio survivors, and the only surviving scientist from the core research team that developed the Salk vaccine, Julius Youngner.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary,

History

Duration:

55 minutes

Year:

2009

Director:

Sarah Colt

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Company:

GBH,

Sarah Colt Productions

Cast:
Linda Hunt

Self - Narrator (voice)

Larry Becker

Self

Kathryn Black

Self

Betty Cook Brown

Self

Anne B. Crockett-Stark

Self

Crew:
Sarah Colt

Director

Sarah Colt

Writer

Sarah Colt

Producer

Mark Samuels

Executive Producer

Randall MacLowry

Editor