In my thoughts, dignity is defined as being worthy of respect and honor. Miss Evers' Boys is a 1997 American made-for-television war drama film starring Alfre Woodard and Laurence Fishburne, based on the true story of the decades-long Tuskegee experiment. Miss Evers’ Boys influences my role as a future nurse because I should never lie to my patients about their diagnoses, and I should treat them to the best of my abilities to help them get better. Miss Evers’ boys, was a great movie that helped me understand the pain the four men and Nurse Evers went through. Running head: Miss Evers. The film, based on a Pulitzer Prize-nominated play of the same name, is … This film is closely based on the true events of the shameful Tuskegee project, for which the few survivors received a formal apology from President Clinton in 1997. 6. https://www.amazon.com/Miss-Evers-Boys-Alfre-Woodard/dp/B01MXEHPDV The movie . Miss Evers’ Boys. It educates the viewer on the mistreatment and still existing racism in the 1930s and shows how the U.S. government considered blacks inferior to … It is a life and death decision that will dictate not only of her life, but the lives of "Miss Evers' Boys". The film creatively documents the Tuskegee experiment that studied negro men in Alabama, some of which were diagnosed with syphilis. Miss Evers' Boys exposes a 40-year government backed medical research effort on humans which led to tragic consequences. Miss Evers is faced with a terrible dilemma - to abandon the experiment and tell the patients or to remain silent and offer only comfort. The film Miss Evers Boys is a shining example of unethical medical research. Question 2: Dignity . One by one Miss Evers' Boys die or are disabled by the disease. Heat-haze and sultry music evoke the sensuality of the poverty-stricken, deep south. It is 1932 when loyal, devoted Nurse Eunice Evers (Alfre Woodard) is invited to work with Dr. Brodus (Joe Morton) and Dr. Douglas (Craig Sheffer) on a federally funded program to treat syphilis patients in Alabama. It was directed by Joseph Sargent and adapted from the 1992 stage play written by David Feldshuh. Miss Evers’ Boys. Miss Evers' Boys is a fictionalized play of the 40-year TSUS. Commentary. Miss Evers’s Boys summary Miss Evers’s Boys is based on a true story about Tuskegee experiment (syphilis). HISTORY as docudrama revisits television on Saturday in the HBO presentation ''Miss Evers' Boys.'' is a fictionalized narrative based on the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male, a project sponsored by the United States Public Health Service that was initiated in 1932 to determine whether the From 1932 to 1972, the US government conducted medical research on poor black men in Macon country Alabama. 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