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  • We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)
  • TV-PG
    57 min | Documentary
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)
TV-PG
57 min | Documentary

We meet individuals from marginalized communities who describe what it was like to live through the 1918 flu pandemic. Their experiences raise questions about the pandemic: why did it kill so many people? Why were so many of the dead young...See moreWe meet individuals from marginalized communities who describe what it was like to live through the 1918 flu pandemic. Their experiences raise questions about the pandemic: why did it kill so many people? Why were so many of the dead young adults? Where did this lethal flu come from? How can we keep a pandemic like that from occurring again? The film follows the search for answers from an expedition to Alaska in 1951 to collect tissue from bodies buried in the permafrost, to the scientists and epidemiologists working on the same questions today. It explains the relevance of research into the 1918 pandemic to the threat of current and future flu pandemics. Written by Lisa Laden See less
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Director
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Lisa Laden (written by)
Composer
John Keltonic (as John D. Keltonic)
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Release date
Jan 15, 2010 (United States)

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25 cast members
Name Known for
S. Epatha Merkerson
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Maria Prats Gomez
Self - El Paso, TX Self - El Paso, TX   See fewer
Annah Elnora Thurber
Self - Stilwelll, OK Self - Stilwelll, OK   See fewer
Priscilla Reyna Jojola
Self - Taos Pueblo, NM Self - Taos Pueblo, NM   See fewer
James Randolph Farris
Himelf - Consortium Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (as James Randolph Farris MD) Himelf - Consortium Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (as James Randolph Farris MD)   See fewer
Tim Uyeki
Self - Medical Epidiemiologist, NCIRD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (as Tim Uyeki MD) Self - Medical Epidiemiologist, NCIRD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (as Tim Uyeki MD)   See fewer
Carmen Trujillo Portillo
Self - Los Angeles, CA Self - Los Angeles, CA   See fewer
Alberta Lente
Self - Isleta Pueblo, NM Self - Isleta Pueblo, NM   See fewer
Reba Haimovitz
Self - Philadelphia, PA Self - Philadelphia, PA   See fewer
Florence Parks
Self - Baltimore, MD Self - Baltimore, MD   See fewer
Rachel Hollis
Self - Baltimore, MD Self - Baltimore, MD   See fewer
David Morens
Self - Senior Scientific Advisor, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (as David Morens MD) Self - Senior Scientific Advisor, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (as David Morens MD)   See fewer
Johan Hultin
Self - Pathologist (as Johan Hultin MD) Self - Pathologist (as Johan Hultin MD)   See fewer
Albert P. McKee
Self - Professor of Bacteriology, University of Iowa (credit only) (as Albert P. McKee MD) Self - Professor of Bacteriology, University of Iowa (credit only) (as Albert P. McKee MD)   See fewer
Jack Layton
Self - Professor of Pathology, University of Iowa (credit only) (as Jack Layton MD) Self - Professor of Pathology, University of Iowa (credit only) (as Jack Layton MD)   See fewer
Otto W. Geist
Self - Paleontologist, University of Alaska (credit only) (as Otto W. Geist MD) Self - Paleontologist, University of Alaska (credit only) (as Otto W. Geist MD)   See fewer
Jeffery Taubenberger
Self - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (as Jeffery Taubenberger MD PhD) Self - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (as Jeffery Taubenberger MD PhD)   See fewer
Ann H. Reid
Self - Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (archive footage) (as Ann Reid MD) Self - Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (archive footage) (as Ann Reid MD)   See fewer
Nancy Cox
Self - Director, Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (as Nancy Cox PhD) Self - Director, Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (as Nancy Cox PhD)   See fewer
Alexandra Minna Stern
Self - Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan (as Alexandra Minna Stern MD PhD) Self - Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan (as Alexandra Minna Stern MD PhD)   See fewer
Howard Markel
Self - Director, Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan (as Howard Markel MD PhD) Self - Director, Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan (as Howard Markel MD PhD)   See fewer
Anne Schuchat
Self - Director NCIRD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (as Anne Schuchat MD) Self - Director NCIRD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (as Anne Schuchat MD)   See fewer
Gloria Addo-Ayensu
Self - Director, Health Department, Fairfax County, VA (as Gloria Addo-Ayensu MD) Self - Director, Health Department, Fairfax County, VA (as Gloria Addo-Ayensu MD)   See fewer
Thomas Frieden
Self - Director, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (as Dr. Thomas Frieden MD MPH) Self - Director, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (as Dr. Thomas Frieden MD MPH)   See fewer
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