We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
Released: January 15, 2010Runtime: 56 min
We meet individuals from marginalized communities who describe what it was like to live through the 1918 flu pandemic. Their experiences raise questions about the pandemic: why did it kill so many people? Why were so many of the dead young adults? Where did this lethal flu come from? How can we keep a pandemic like that from occurring again? The film follows the search for answers from an expedition to Alaska in 1951 to collect tissue from bodies buried in the permafrost, to the scientists and epidemiologists working on the same questions today. It explains the relevance of research into the 1918 pandemic to the threat of current and future flu pandemics.
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- S Epatha Merkersonas Narrator
- Maria Prats Gomezas Self - El Paso, TX
- Annah Elnora Thurberas Self - Stilwelll, OK
- Priscilla Reyna Jojolaas Self - Taos Pueblo, NM
- James Randolph Farrisas Himelf - Consortium Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Tim Uyekias Self - Medical Epidiemiologist, NCIRD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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S Epatha Merkerson
as Narrator
Maria Prats Gomez
as Self - El Paso, TX
Annah Elnora Thurber
as Self - Stilwelll, OK
Priscilla Reyna Jojola
as Self - Taos Pueblo, NM
James Randolph Farris
as Himelf - Consortium Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Tim Uyeki
as Self - Medical Epidiemiologist, NCIRD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Carmen Trujillo Portillo
as Self - Los Angeles, CA
Alberta Lente
as Self - Isleta Pueblo, NM
Reba Haimovitz
as Self - Philadelphia, PA
Florence Parks
as Self - Baltimore, MD
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