http://emperorofallmaladies.org/
CANCER: The Emperor of All Maladies is an upcoming documentary series by Ken Burns and Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee on the past, present, and future of cancer. The three-part series is based on Mukherjee’s book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, and will look at the disease from both historical and scientific perspectives. The series will premiere on PBS in spring 2015.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 15 June 2013 05:17 (twelve years ago)
Spring 2015? I can't wait that long. I want my cancer NOW!
― del griffith, Saturday, 15 June 2013 15:23 (twelve years ago)
If Ken Burns spends two years making a PBS documentary, it means he has a well-paid job for two years. Why would he be in a hurry?
― Aimless, Saturday, 15 June 2013 16:48 (twelve years ago)
Has anyone been watching this? I totally forgot it was starting and I think it concluded last night. Is it typical point A to point B Ken Burns or done in a different style?
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 2 April 2015 06:44 (ten years ago)
I watched some the first night and third night. It's a huge subject. The documentary does an pretty decent job of hitting many of major points.
It tries to end on a positive note of tempered optimism, but really, there is nothing in the history of cancer treatment that merits much optimism. There are a few areas of great progress, but they are narrowly confined. There's measurable progress in the life expectancy of cancer patients overall, but it's measured in years rather than decades. Most of the modest progress made so far comes at a massive cost in both suffering and money.
― Giant Purple Wakerobin (Aimless), Thursday, 2 April 2015 17:41 (ten years ago)
I'm surprised this didn't immediately go to PBS Ondemand. I was able to catch a repeat airing of the first episode this afternoon on some PBS annex channel, though. Definitely going to try to watch the other two.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 2 April 2015 21:55 (ten years ago)
Turns out it was available to stream on the website. The third episode, when the oncologist was going around in her West Virginia hospital giving patients the straight dope on their prognoses broke me. I cried. And then Edward Herrmann narrating the whole thing, probably not very long before dying of brain cancer himself, added a whole extra layer of emotion. This was important tv, but ultimately frustrating, because science is making progress at the same time cancer is outsmarting treatments at every turn. Gah! Fuck cancer.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 April 2015 03:48 (ten years ago)
How many hours?
Even if I had TV, i'm not into cancer coverage; NPR's been doing stuff for a week or so, have usually turned it off. Livin' the dream, not absorbing news about it.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 April 2015 04:33 (ten years ago)
It's broken into 3 2-hour episodes.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 April 2015 05:27 (ten years ago)