The Genius and the Boys

Synopsis

D Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of Prions - the particles that would emerge as the cause of Mad Cow disease - while working with a cannibal tribe on New Guinea. He was a star of the scientific world. Over his years working amongst the tribes of the South Seas, he adopted 57 kids, bringing them to a new life in Washington DC. His adoptions were hailed as wonderful fatherly beneficence. But, at the height of his career, rumours began to spread he was a paedophile. Gajdusek would argue that if sex with children was okay in their own cultures, he wasn't wrong to join in. How could a great mind like Gajdusek's lose insight so totally, and why would the scientific community to which he was a hero be so quick to leap to his defence and dismiss the allegations? (Storyville)

Main Cast

Michael Alpers

Himself - Professor of Medicine - Expert on Kuru

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Warwick Anderson

Professor in Medical Anthropology

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Sena Anua

Medical Reporter - PNGIMR

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Carleton Gajdusek

Himself - Virologist - Anthropologist - Linguist - Author - etc

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Robert Gajdusek

Brother

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Robert Gallo

Himself - Director, Institute of Human Virology and Co-discoverer HIV

Age : 87 | Popularity : 7%

Oliver Sacks

Himself - Professor of Neurology and Author

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Lovisa Mbagintao

Secretary

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Bernhard Winkler
Directing	Director	Bosse Lindquist
Writing	Writer	Bosse Lindquist
Production	Producer	Jonas Kellagher
	Production Manager	Lars Heleander
Department	Role	Name

Join the discussion