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Kuru: The Science and the Sorcery (2010)

Name: Kuru: The Science and the Sorcery
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-08-12T09:06:41+02:00
Cast: Russ Harris, Carleton Gajdusek, Judy Davis

Documentary | 52 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 52 minuten

Country: Australia

Directed by: Rob Bygott

Stars: Russ Harris, Carleton Gajdusek, Judy Davis

IMDb score: 8,0 (49)

Releasedate: 1 December 2010

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Kuru: The Science and the Sorcery plot

The documentary tells the story of the mysterious brain disease kuru, which ravaged the Papuan Fore tribe in the 1960s. The plague claimed countless lives and scientists were distraught, until American physician and medical researcher Carleton Gajdusek linked a unique research approach to the tribe's cannibalistic funeral rituals. The breakthrough earned Carleton Gajdusek the Nobel Prize.