CNN has set a May 15 debut for Race for the Vaccine, a documentary narrated and produced by chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta about global scientists scrambling to develop and manufacture vaccines to battle the coronavirus pandemic.
PBS has produced a radiant documentary, directed by Ric Burns, that shows how Sacks embodies what Sir William Osler said, over a century ago: “It is the good physician that treats the disease. It is the great physician who treats the patient with the disease.” No wonder Sacks was so beloved.
This past week, a documentary on Sacks premiered on the PBS “American Masters” series...Sacks did as much as anyone to introduce autism to a general audience in the United States...
In the PBS presentation, documentary filmmaker Ric Burns chronicles Sacks’ storied career as well as his long struggle with his sexuality.
A new documentary takes a painstakingly intimate look at the famously private British writer and neurologist, who died in 2015
The innovative wordsmith's time spent in and outside of the world of neurological studies is captured in this portrait of both his breakthroughs and insecurities.
The physician and author, subject of a new PBS documentary airing this week, was a contributor to The New York Review for over three decades.
This week, it just so happens that the Burnses are having back-to-back premieres on PBS, with Ken debuting an expansive three-part docuseries on Ernest Hemingway, which he directed with longtime creative partner Lynn Novick, and Ric screening Oliver Sacks: His Own Life about the famed writer and neurologist.
Oliver Sacks: His Own life premiering on PBS on Friday, April 9
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life packs an emotional punch
