Secret People: The Naked Face of Leprosy in America 1999 Released
Directed by John Anderson
Documentary · 59 min
Secret People: The Naked Face of Leprosy in America 1999 Released
Directed by John Anderson
Documentary · 59 min
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
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
RUNTIME
N/A minRELEASED
Oct 4, 1999COUNTRY
US
N/A minRELEASED
Oct 4, 1999COUNTRY
US