The Genius and the Boys

Year: 2009

Runtime: 89 mins

Language: English

Director: Bosse Lindquist

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Nobel laureate Carleton Gajdusek discovered prions—linked to mad‑cow disease—among a cannibal tribe in New Guinea and adopted 57 South‑Sea children, bringing them to Washington, D.C. At his peak, accusations of sexual abuse of minors arose; he cited local customs as justification, and the documentary examines how a scientist fell into scandal and why peers swiftly dismissed the claims.

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