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NOVA: Percy Julian - Forgotten Genius

starring: Carmen Dillon, Donald Eatson, Bobbie Patrick, Pamela Lambert, Shawn Agard
directed by: Llewellyn M. Smith

: NOVA: Percy Julian - Forgotten Genius
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
EAN: 0783421415294
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Wgbh Boston
Manufacturer: Wgbh Boston
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Wgbh Boston
Release Date: March 06, 2007
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 46843
Studio: Wgbh Boston
Theatrical Release Date: February 06, 2007



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Description:
His house was firebombed. He lost his job on the eve of the Depression. He took on powerful, entrenched interests in the scientific establishment and overcame countless obstacles to become a world-class chemist, a self-made millionaire, and a humanitarian. Yet despite his achievements, Percy Julian’s story is largely unknown.

The grandson of Alabama slaves, Julian broke the color barrier in American science more than a decade before Jackie Robinson did in baseball. A brilliant innovator, he discovered a way to turn soybeans into synthetic steroids on an industrial scale, helping to make drugs like cortisone available to millions.

InForgotten Genius, a special two-hour presentation starring Tony-award winning actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson, NOVA brings Julian’s scientific breakthroughs and gripping biography to life, with vivid period reenactments based on newly opened family archives and interviews with dozens of colleagues and relatives.

Special DVD features include: materials and activities for educators; a link to the NOVA Web site; scene selections; closed captions; and described video for the visually impaired.

On one DVD5 disc. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: Letterboxed.



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A fascinating video of a hard working scientist
This video is of the best quality ever. It was amazingly well created. It shows the life of Julian ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Forgotten Genius Needs to Be in Every Public School Library
I knew the name "Percy L. Julian" growing up in Phoenix, Arizona because there is a Phoenix Elementary ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Dr. Percy L. Julian is *not* forgotten ...
Other than that assumption, this was a gripping, honest retelling of an exemplary life. Thank you for ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A vivid and enlightening documentary
Featuring Tony Award-winning actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Percy Julian: Forgotten Genius is a DVD biography ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Dr. Julian Represented!
It's very fascinating to me that this work was a NOVA project, rather than an American Experience one. I really ... Read More


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