Secret People: The Naked Face of Leprosy in America
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Secret People: The Naked Face of Leprosy in America

Released Documentary
04 Oct, 1999 59min
 

Secret People: The Naked Face of Leprosy in America

Released Documentary
04 Oct, 1999 59min
 

Directed by John Anderson

The voices of those living in the last remaining leprosy sanatorium, in Carville, Louisiana, USA.

Secret People: The Naked Face of Leprosy in America is a 1998 documentary by John Anderson and Laura Harrison that chronicles the stories of patients forced into quarantine at the Carville Leprosarium in Louisiana. The 59-minute film highlights the stigma, discrimination, and forced isolation of hundreds of Americans with Hansen’s disease (leprosy) during the early-to-mid 20th century. Although it has conjured horrific images of society's most feared outcasts ever since... see more

Directed by John Anderson

The voices of those living in the last remaining leprosy sanatorium, in Carville, Louisiana, USA.

Secret People: The Naked Face of Leprosy in America is a 1998 documentary by John Anderson and Laura Harrison that chronicles the stories of patients forced into quarantine at the Carville Leprosarium in Louisiana. The 59-minute film highlights the stigma, discrimination, and forced isolation of hundreds of Americans with Hansen’s disease (leprosy) during the early-to-mid 20th century. Although it has conjured horrific images of society's most feared outcasts ever since... see more
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