Projects - Sloan Science & Film

Test Tube Babies

Until 1978, the prospect of conceiving a human being in a laboratory seemed ripped from the pages of science fiction. This documentary tells the story of doctors, researchers, and hopeful couples who pushed the limits of science and triggered a technological revolution in human reproduction.

[text adapted from kqed.org]

CREDITS

Written by Chana Gazit, based on a story by Robin Marantz Heing
Directed and Produced by Gazit and Hilary Klotz Steinman
Edited by Chris Guido, David Steward, Paul Taylor
Produced by WGBH for The American Experience

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS

Biology

AWARDS

2006, Television: WGBH Production Award

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Short Films
Feature Films

A science focused teaching framework for short and feature films, all of which have received awards from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their depictions of scientific themes or characters.