Critical condition. Health in Black America
(2025)
Nonfiction
DVD
Call Numbers:
NEW DVD/362.108996/CRITICAL
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2025]
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
0841887049726 NV62412, 841887049726
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from web page
Black Americans are nearly twice as likely to have high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease than White Americans, and their life expectancy is about five years shorter. Why? In a special feature-length documentary, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Stanley Nelson investigates the dramatic health disparities in the US, even as scientists confirm that there are no meaningful genetic differences between races
Wide screen
Bonus film: When machines prescribe
TV rating: TV-14
DVD, wide screen