Miss Evers' Boys
Brief Synopsis
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Drama about the controversial Tuskegee, Alabama, syphilis experiments of the 1930s and 1940s, performed on unknowing black men. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play by David Feldshuh. The story centers on nurse Eunice Evers who works at Tuskegee Hospital in 1932 to assist in caring for poor black men with syphilis. Government funding becomes available to study syphilitic African-American men who will receive no medical treatment as a way to establish whether the disease affects blacks and whites differently. Evers reluctantly goes along, lying to the men while giving them only vitamins and tonics. As the years pass, the afflicted men never receive treatment. Eventually all the men die and the full truth of the inhumane experiment is revealed in a U.S. Senate hearing decades later.
Cast & Crew
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Joseph Sargent
Director
Alfre Woodard
Eunice Evers
Donzaleigh Abernathy
Nurse Betty
Obba Babatundé
Willie
Ossie Davis
Mr Evers
Laurence Fishburne
Caleb Humphries
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Period
Release Date
1997
Production Company
Cinefilm Laboratory, Inc.; Executive Cutting Services; Fotokem Film & Video; Georgia Film, Video & Music Office; HBO Films; HBO Network- Home Box Office; Hbo Entertainment; Owen & Desalvo Company; Seiniger Advertising Group; Todd-Ao
Distribution Company
HBO Home Video
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA; Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
Drama about the controversial Tuskegee, Alabama, syphilis experiments of the 1930s and 1940s, performed on unknowing black men. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play by David Feldshuh. The story centers on nurse Eunice Evers who works at Tuskegee Hospital in 1932 to assist in caring for poor black men with syphilis. Government funding becomes available to study syphilitic African-American men who will receive no medical treatment as a way to establish whether the disease affects blacks and whites differently. Evers reluctantly goes along, lying to the men while giving them only vitamins and tonics. As the years pass, the afflicted men never receive treatment. Eventually all the men die and the full truth of the inhumane experiment is revealed in a U.S. Senate hearing decades later.
Director
Joseph Sargent
Director
Cast
Alfre Woodard
Eunice Evers
Donzaleigh Abernathy
Nurse Betty
Obba Babatundé
Willie
Ossie Davis
Mr Evers
Laurence Fishburne
Caleb Humphries
Craig Sheffer
Dr Douglas
Joe Morton
Dr Brodus
Von Coulter
Hodman
Thom Gossom
Ben
E. G. Marshall
Senate Chairman
Robert Benedetti
Senator
Peter Stelzer
Senator
Tommy Cresswell
Dr Larkin
Judson Vaughn
Dr Davis
Larry Black
Dr Hamilton
Bill Coates
Old Man
Gerald E Brown
Announcer
Joan Glover
Clinic Nurse
T S Morgan
Patient
Kiki Shepard
Sadie
Leon Von Brown
Gillee Dancer
Andrew David
Gillee Dancer
Waverly Lucas
Gillee Dancer
Dereque Whiturs
Gillee Dancer
Crew
Michael B Adams
Key Grip
Dwight Douglas Andrews
Music Supervisor
Dwight Douglas Andrews
Music
Brenda Armstrong
Caterer
Judy Arthur
Publicity
Robert Benedetti
Executive Producer
Charles C Bennett
Production Designer
Charles Bernstein
Music
Charles Bernstein
Song
Walter Bernstein
Screenwriter
Daniel Brizendine
Transportation Captain
Michael Brown
Editor
Jaki Brown-karman
Casting
Colin Callender
Special Thanks To
Freddy Chancellor
Boom Operator
Lynwood Cherry
Music
Stephen Crowley
Best Boy
Sterfon Demings
Hair Stylist
Frank Doelger
Special Thanks To
Carol Doran
Wig Supplier
Theodis Ealey
Music
Claudia Eastman
Location Manager
Barbara S Edelstein
Post-Production Supervisor
Jane Evans
Special Thanks To
Thomas A. Evans
Assistant Production Coordinator
Michael Fedack
Camera Operator
David Feldshuh
Play As Source Material
Laurence Fishburne
Executive Producer
Jimmy Scungelli Fitzpatrick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Susan D Fowler
Casting Assistant (Los Angeles)
Joe Gallo
Gaffer
Scott Ganary
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Glass
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
James Griffin
Assistant Director
Shay Griffin
Casting (Atlanta)
Brian Gunter
Gaffer
Michael Hicks
Set Decorator
Gail Hunt
Script Supervisor
Derek Kavanagh
Producer
Derek Kavanagh
Unit Production Manager
Kathleen Herbert Keller
Production Coordinator
Erma Kent
Hair Stylist
Kern Konwiser
Co-Producer
Kip Konwiser
Producer
Nancy Lesser
Publicity
Shirley Libby
Sound Mixer
Paul Mayersohn
Legal Services
Dianne Mcintyre
Choreographer
Bill Mclaughlin
Set Decorator
Susan Mickey
Costume Designer
Robyn M Mitchell
Casting
Donald M Morgan
Director Of Photography
Jeff Mosier
Music
Gary Motley
Music
Matthew W. Mungle
Prosthetic Makeup
Edwin Myers
Camera Operator
Bob Nelson
Music
Cindy Parker
Transportation Coordinator
J L Parker
Transportation Captain
Wynona Price
Makeup
C Alan Rawlins
Key Grip
Michael Riley
Location Manager
Angela Riserbato
Construction Coordinator
Carol A. Sadler
Wardrobe Supervisor
Patricia Sammons
Craft Service
Riko Schatke
Dolly Grip
Neal Starkey
Music
Peter Stelzer
Co-Producer
Scott Stephens
Property Master
John Strauss
Music Editor
Helen Sugland
Special Thanks To
Richard Taylor
Sound Editor
Carmen Twillie
Song Performer
Jonathan M. Watson
Assistant Director
Karen Weintraub
Assistant Editor
Sheila Wheat
Music
Jonathan D Wolf
Production Accountant
Teresa M. Yarbrough
Production Coordinator
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Period
Release Date
1997
Production Company
Cinefilm Laboratory, Inc.; Executive Cutting Services; Fotokem Film & Video; Georgia Film, Video & Music Office; HBO Films; HBO Network- Home Box Office; Hbo Entertainment; Owen & Desalvo Company; Seiniger Advertising Group; Todd-Ao
Distribution Company
HBO Home Video
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA; Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Hbo Network & Anasazi Productions
Aired in United States February 22, 1997
Released in United States on Video August 5, 1997
Began shooting October 7, 1996.
Completed shooting November 1, 1996.
