Burden of Genius

2017 "In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy."
Burden of Genius
8.9| 1h28m| en| Documentary
Storyline

In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy. Critics accused him of recklessness, even murder. Others declared it the beginning of a medical revolution. "Burden of Genius" is the story of an innovator as complex and elusive as the biological secrets he unlocked. It is also a reflection on the price of scientific progress by the man many consider the greatest surgeon of the 20th century and the father of transplantation.

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  • Burden of Genius Cast
James Redford as Self – Filmmaker/Liver Transplant Patient
Larry Kramer as Self – Writer/Activist/Liver Transplant Patient
David Crosby as Self – Musician/Liver Transplant Patient
David McCullough as Self – Author/Historian