Sickle cell fundamentals. Part I The Molecular Biology of Hemoglobins.

Date:
1978
  • Film

About this work

Description

A film made to explain sickle cell anaemia suitable for healthcare audiences. Sickle cell is explained via animation showing sickle cells in the bloodstream. How the disease presents in children is outlined and then many of the conditions which people with sickle cell face are detailed. How sickle cell is inherited is illustrated extensively with animation.

Publication/Creation

1978.

Physical description

1 film reel (12 min. ) : sound, colour, 16mm.

Notes

Slightly acetic. Very magenta and with one distinct pale vertical scratch in the centre of the frame together with other darker ones.

Creator/production credits

The University of Chicago Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center. A Learning Garden, Inc. Production. Cinematography; Isidore Mankofsky, Gordon Quinn. Editor; Ruth Lee. Executive producer; James E. Bowman, Eugene Godwasser. Screenwriter; Mallory Pearce, James E. Bowman, Eugene Godwasser. Animator; Mallory Pearce, Sam, Bleick, Nancy Villagran, Beverly Ware. Film Producer; Severo Perez. Composer; Joseph Byrd. Scientific advisor; Richard Dickerson, Cynthia Kaufman, James Lake. Editor; Ruth Lee.
Narrated by Diahann Carroll.

Copyright note

University of Chicago.

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