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We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)
TV-PG
57 min | Documentary

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We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)

TV-PG

57 min | Documentary

We meet individuals from marginalized communities who describe what it was like to live through the 1918 flu pandemic. Their experiences raise questions about the pandemic: why did it kill so many people? Why were so many of the dead young...See moreWe meet individuals from marginalized communities who describe what it was like to live through the 1918 flu pandemic. Their experiences raise questions about the pandemic: why did it kill so many people? Why were so many of the dead young adults? Where did this lethal flu come from? How can we keep a pandemic like that from occurring again? The film follows the search for answers from an expedition to Alaska in 1951 to collect tissue from bodies buried in the permafrost, to the scientists and epidemiologists working on the same questions today. It explains the relevance of research into the 1918 pandemic to the threat of current and future flu pandemics. Written by Lisa Laden See less

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25 cast members

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S. Epatha Merkerson Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Law & Order (1990)
Maria Prats Gomez Self - El Paso, TX Self - El Paso, TX See fewer	We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)
Annah Elnora Thurber Self - Stilwelll, OK Self - Stilwelll, OK See fewer	We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)
Priscilla Reyna Jojola Self - Taos Pueblo, NM Self - Taos Pueblo, NM See fewer	We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)
James Randolph Farris Himelf - Consortium Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (as James Randolph Farris MD) Himelf - Consortium Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (as James Randolph Farris MD) See fewer	We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)
Tim Uyeki Self - Medical Epidiemiologist, NCIRD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (as Tim Uyeki MD) Self - Medical Epidiemiologist, NCIRD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (as Tim Uyeki MD) See fewer	Truth about Pandemic Flu (2009)
Carmen Trujillo Portillo Self - Los Angeles, CA Self - Los Angeles, CA See fewer	We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)
Alberta Lente Self - Isleta Pueblo, NM Self - Isleta Pueblo, NM See fewer	We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)
Reba Haimovitz Self - Philadelphia, PA Self - Philadelphia, PA See fewer	We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)
Florence Parks Self - Baltimore, MD Self - Baltimore, MD See fewer	We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)
Rachel Hollis Self - Baltimore, MD Self - Baltimore, MD See fewer	We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)
David Morens Self - Senior Scientific Advisor, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (as David Morens MD) Self - Senior Scientific Advisor, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (as David Morens MD) See fewer	Outbreak (1995)
Anthony Fauci Self Self See fewer	Fauci (2021)
Johan Hultin Self - Pathologist (as Johan Hultin MD) Self - Pathologist (as Johan Hultin MD) See fewer	[W] wie Wissen (2003)
Albert P. McKee Self - Professor of Bacteriology, University of Iowa (credit only) (as Albert P. McKee MD) Self - Professor of Bacteriology, University of Iowa (credit only) (as Albert P. McKee MD) See fewer
Jack Layton Self - Professor of Pathology, University of Iowa (credit only) (as Jack Layton MD) Self - Professor of Pathology, University of Iowa (credit only) (as Jack Layton MD) See fewer
Otto W. Geist Self - Paleontologist, University of Alaska (credit only) (as Otto W. Geist MD) Self - Paleontologist, University of Alaska (credit only) (as Otto W. Geist MD) See fewer
Jeffery Taubenberger Self - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (as Jeffery Taubenberger MD PhD) Self - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (as Jeffery Taubenberger MD PhD) See fewer	Equinox (1986)
Ann H. Reid Self - Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (archive footage) (as Ann Reid MD) Self - Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (archive footage) (as Ann Reid MD) See fewer
Nancy Cox Self - Director, Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (as Nancy Cox PhD) Self - Director, Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (as Nancy Cox PhD) See fewer	We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)
Alexandra Minna Stern Self - Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan (as Alexandra Minna Stern MD PhD) Self - Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan (as Alexandra Minna Stern MD PhD) See fewer	The Movement That Inspired the Holocaust (2022)
Howard Markel Self - Director, Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan (as Howard Markel MD PhD) Self - Director, Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan (as Howard Markel MD PhD) See fewer	Battle Creek
Anne Schuchat Self - Director NCIRD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (as Anne Schuchat MD) Self - Director NCIRD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (as Anne Schuchat MD) See fewer	60 Minutes (1968)
Gloria Addo-Ayensu Self - Director, Health Department, Fairfax County, VA (as Gloria Addo-Ayensu MD) Self - Director, Health Department, Fairfax County, VA (as Gloria Addo-Ayensu MD) See fewer	We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010)
Thomas Frieden Self - Director, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (as Dr. Thomas Frieden MD MPH) Self - Director, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (as Dr. Thomas Frieden MD MPH) See fewer	Totally Under Control (2020)