It Would Have Been Tough on Mankind If We Didn't Have Maurice Hilleman

It Would Have Been Tough on Mankind If We Didn't Have Maurice Hilleman

FIRST RUN FEATURES PRESENTS “IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TOUGH ON MANKIND IF WE DIDN’T HAVE MAURICE HILLEMAN.” - ANTHONY FAUCI, DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES “MAURICE HILLEMAN IS THE IDEAL AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY.” - DAVID OSHINSKY, PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR The 20th century was a dangerous time to be young: a multitude of diseases too often kept children DVD EXTRAS: Nine Revealing from reaching even their teenage years. Millions suffered and died. From that environment one man Animations, from How Viruses would emerge to lead a revolution in vaccine innovation that would save many millions of young lives Attack Cells to Using Genetic every year; the greatest scientist of the 20th century, and no one knows his name. Information to Make Vaccines Maurice Hilleman had a singular, unwavering focus: to eliminate the diseases of children. From his poverty-stricken youth on the plains of Montana, Hilleman came to prevent pandemic flu, invent the DVD measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, and develop the first-ever vaccine against human cancer. SRP: $19.95 Responsible for more than half of the vaccines children receive today, he is credited with saving more Catalog #: FRF 145321D 67 minutes (feature), than eight million lives every year. Now through exclusive interviews with Dr. Hilleman and his peers, color, 2016 rare archival footage, and 3-D animation, this new documentary puts a human face to vaccine science, revealing the character that drove this bold, complex, and heroic man. BLU-RAY SRP: $24.95 When parents began choosing not to vaccinate their children in the 1990s, a cruel irony became Catalog #: FRF 593041D clear; Hilleman’s unprecedented successes has allowed us to forget just how devastating childhood 67 minutes (feature), diseases can be. color, 2016 PRE-BOOK: JULY 11 • STREET DATE: AUGUST 8 TO ORDER CALL 1-800-229-8575 OR CONTACT YOUR DISTRIBUTOR Email: [email protected].

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