Film Analysis: Miss Evers' Boys

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In 1987, there was a Syphilis outbreak in a small town Alabama, Tuskegee. Ms. Evers went to seek out African Males that had this disease and did not. They were seeking treatment for this disease, but then the government ran out of money and the only way they can get treatment if they studied. They named this project “The Tuskegee Study of African American Man with Syphilis”, so they can find out where it originated and what will it do to them if go untreated for several months. The name of the study came from Dr. Brodus and what the experiment was on. Which turns to be years and finally it was exposed, what they were doing? So they called Syphilis another name which is “Bad Blood” which mean the same thing, but in their language. They were saying “Your general areas will collapse and stop working”. Ms. Evers had to tell the doctor to let her explain because the men didn’t know what they were saying. This film is a segregated picture talking about a dominate 80 % of African American with a Syphilis disease but they only tested men and not women at Tuskegee Hospital. This movie took place in Macon County, Alabama. Miss Evers Boys was a picture to let people know that there was help in the Negro community and they had people on their side back in the 1970’s. Miss Evers thought studying the Negro community and not treating was a bad idea. As this thought was brought up, this was valid point because the health profession is supposed to help and not treated as a research. Laurence Fishburne did an outstanding performance playing “Caleb” who soon became in love with Alfre Woodard known as “Miss Evers” because the chemistry seems real. In this particular scene Craig Sheffer play as “Dr. Douglas” and Joe Morton as “Dr. Brodus”, and t... ... middle of paper ... ...nctual as it seems. During the time Ms. Evers and Dr. Brodus were communicating they were sending and receiving each other information to contribute to the Tuskegee Study. Ms. Evers was committed to helping these male to get rid of this disease and informing them that what can happen if it doesn’t clear or they didn’t get check. Works Cited Feldshuh, David. Miss Evers' boys. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1995. Print. Hybels, Saundra, and Richard L. Weaver. Communicating effectively. 4. ed. New York [u.a.: McGraw-Hill, 1995. Print. "Miss Evers' Boys (1997)." YouTube. YouTube, 15 May 2012. Web. 23 Oct. 2013. . "TUSKEGEE STUDY APOLOGY SMALL START | CURE HELD BACK EVEN AFTER DISCOVERY | FOREIGN LAWS APPLY TO ALL ARRESTED ABROAD | EXCUSE JUST WON'T HOLD WATER." The Beacon News - Aurora [Tuskegee] 27 May 1997: 2. Print.

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