DVD

The lobotomist [videorecording] / produced and directed by Barak Goodman and John Maggio ; written by Barak Goodman ; an Ark Media film.

El-Hai, Jack (Added Author). Scott, Campbell (Added Author). Maggio, John. (Added Author). Goodman, Barak (Added Author). McIntyre Media Limited. (Added Author). PBS Home Video. (Added Author). WGBH Educational Foundation (Added Author). Narrated by Campbell Scott. (Cast).

Summary:

"Lobotomy was hailed by The New York Times as 'surgery of the soul', a groundbreaking medical procedure that promised hope to the most distressed mentally ill patients and their families. But what began as an operation of last resort was soon being performed at some fifty state asylums, often with devastating results. Little more than a decade after his rise to fame, Walter Freeman, the neurologist who championed the procedure, was decried as a moral monster, and lobotomy one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine. Through interviews with Dr. Freeman's former patients and their families, his students, and medical historians, this program offers an unprecendented look at one of the darkest chapters in psychiatric history."--Container.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : WGBH Educational Foundation, [2008]
Distributor: Orangeville, Ont. : McIntyre Media (distributor).
Copyright: ©2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS program American experience. Based, in part, on the book The lobotomist : a maverick medical genius and his tragic quest to rid the world of mental illness, by Jack El-Hai.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Series producer, Sharon Grimberg ; written by Barak Goodman ; produced and directed by Barak Goodman and John Maggio.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrated by Campbell Scott.
System Details Note:	DVD.