The Cancer Detectives (2024)
Documentary Film // PBS // Assistant Editor
The story of how the life-saving cervical cancer test became an ordinary part of women’s lives is as unusual and remarkable as the coalition of people who ultimately made it possible: a Greek immigrant, Dr. George Papanicolau; his intrepid wife, Mary; Japanese-born artist Hashime Murayama; Dr. Helen Dickens, an African American OBGYN in Philadelphia; and an entirely new class of female scientists known as cyto-screeners.
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Directors:
Gene Tempest
Amanda Pollak
Writer:
Gene Tempest
Producer:
Amanda Pollak
Editor:
Sandra Christie
Music:
Eduardo Aram