Homo Sapiens 1900
There's something intrinsically creepy about the scientific quest to create a new and improved human being, and Peter Cohen's unsettling documentary on the history of eugenics, mercilessly zeroes in on exactly what that is. In turning people into laboratory specimens and using genetic theory to try to breed superior strains of people, scientists play God... --The New York TimesMonumental, astonishing! A bone-chilling and gut-wrenching history of eugenics - a.k.a racial hygiene - in the 20th century. Highly recommended. --Video LibrarianPowerful and vivid. A stark reminder of how science can be invoked for unethical purposes. --Journal of the American Medical Association