Projects - Sloan Science & Film

The Living Weapon

This program charts the development of biological weapons in the 1940s and '50s, and the challenges and moral dilemmas the scientists faced.

CREDITS

Written, Directed, and Produced by John Rubin
Edited by Jim Ohn
Produced by WGBH for The American Experience

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS

Biology

AWARDS

2007, 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.