

“A Government Lie. A Woman's Secret. A Story That Must Be Told.”
The true story of the US Government's 1932 Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiments, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure having been developed.
Directed by Joseph Sargent, Robert Benedetti, Laurence Fishburne
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Released
February 22, 1997
1h 58m
English

Alfre Woodard
Eunice Evers, R.N.

Laurence Fishburne
Caleb Humphries

Craig Sheffer
Dr. Douglas

Joe Morton
Dr. Sam Brodus

Obba Babatundé
Willie Johnson

Ossie Davis
Mr. Evers
Peter Stelzer
Senator

Donzaleigh Abernathy
Nurse Betty

Robert Benedetti
Senator

Von Coulter
Hodman Bryan

Thom Gossom Jr.
Ben Washington

E.G. Marshall
The Senate Chairman

Tommy Cresswell
Dr. Larkin
Judson Vaughn
Dr. Davis
Larry Black
Dr. Hamilton
Bill Coates
Old Man

Kiki Shepard
Sadie