Miss Evers’s Boys summary
Miss Evers’s Boys is based on a true story about Tuskegee experiment (syphilis). From 1932 to 1972, the US government conducted medical research on poor black men in Macon country Alabama. The study selected 412 men with the bad blood. The government did not give treatment to these patients. Instead they used them to conduct research. After 40 years, just 127 men of this group left. The story is told by a black nurse, Miss Evers. She was sent to help Dr. Brodus and Dr. Douglas about the Tuskegee experiment in 1932. At first, she was excited to help the patients, but 10 years, 20 years....40 years pasted and lots of patients in this group died of this disease. The “boys” are four of Miss Evers’s best friends, they are a group of musicians and they also had the bad blood. At first, they felt good being given treatment for free. In the end, two of “boys” survived, one of the “boys” was Caleb loves Miss Evers so much, he entered the army during WW2 and the government cured his disease. Another survivor was good at dancing, but he could not dance any more in the end. Miss Evers was struggling to see how her “boys” died in front of her. For her responsibility, she stay there to do her best to help the “boys” until the government give the real treatment to the men.
I really like this movie. It is based on true story and reflects the dark side history. Watching it opened my eyes. The cure thing about the government untreatment to the patients instead they used them to conduct research were back in that time. It gives me deep strong emotion. I would not recommend it to my young brother who is just ten years old. He will not understand how terrible thing that make medical research on human body. I would recommend it to my friends who are going to or study in medical school. They would be interested in the history of medical experiment. It saddens me that so many had to die from this horrible disease to gain with even the medication available.
Miss Evers’s Boys is based on a true story about Tuskegee experiment (syphilis). From 1932 to 1972, the US government conducted medical research on poor black men in Macon country Alabama. The study selected 412 men with the bad blood. The government did not give treatment to these patients. Instead they used them to conduct research. After 40 years, just 127 men of this group left. The story is told by a black nurse, Miss Evers. She was sent to help Dr. Brodus and Dr. Douglas about the Tuskegee experiment in 1932. At first, she was excited to help the patients, but 10 years, 20 years....40 years pasted and lots of patients in this group died of this disease. The “boys” are four of Miss Evers’s best friends, they are a group of musicians and they also had the bad blood. At first, they felt good being given treatment for free. In the end, two of “boys” survived, one of the “boys” was Caleb loves Miss Evers so much, he entered the army during WW2 and the government cured his disease. Another survivor was good at dancing, but he could not dance any more in the end. Miss Evers was struggling to see how her “boys” died in front of her. For her responsibility, she stay there to do her best to help the “boys” until the government give the real treatment to the men.
I really like this movie. It is based on true story and reflects the dark side history. Watching it opened my eyes. The cure thing about the government untreatment to the patients instead they used them to conduct research were back in that time. It gives me deep strong emotion. I would not recommend it to my young brother who is just ten years old. He will not understand how terrible thing that make medical research on human body. I would recommend it to my friends who are going to or study in medical school. They would be interested in the history of medical experiment. It saddens me that so many had to die from this horrible disease to gain with even the medication available.