CREDITS

DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY
David Alvarado

NARRATED BY
S. Epatha Merkerson

PRODUCER
Jason Sussberg

EDITORS
Bernice Schneider
Brittany Kaplan

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Nikki Dodd
Pamela Gaudiano

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mario Furloni
Zachary Fink
Michael Werner
Brendan Hall
Emily Topper
Jenni Morello
Mike Seely
Tijana Petrovic
Cody Powers

AUDIO
Emile Bokaer
Scott Thurman
Jeff DesLauriers
John O'Connor
Phil Shipman
Lucas Kadar
Kurt Pierce
Bud Osborne

ASSISTANT EDITORS
Brandon Valentin
Elise Conklin
Peter Norton

ANIMATION
Andy A’Court
Alisa Placas Frutman
Sarah McMenemy

COMPOSER
William Ryan Fritch

SCIENCE ADVISORS
Michele Heisler
Jing Luo

ARCHIVAL MATERIALS
@nicgetsreal
AP Photo/NKP, Nigel Kinrade
CBS News / Veritone
Christopher Costas
CNBC
C-Span
Ed Damiano and Toby Milgrome
Division of Medicine and Science, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Joseph Fanvu Photography
Brett Carlsen/Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/ABC News VideoSource via Getty Images
Dan Hurley
Literacyworks, Health Literacy Summitt
NBCUniversal Archives
Papyrus Ebers from Papyrus and Ostraca Collection, Leipzig University Library
Sanofi Pasteur Canada, Connaught Campus Archives, Toronto
Shutterstock
Nicole Smith-Holt
The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
Camilo José Vergara
UC-Mexico Initiative, University of California
UCSF
University of Maryland School of Public Health
Karen Washington

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Haley Zega
Albert Tholen
Zachary Shores
Stevie Kloeber
Yuri Duncan
Ryan Rhoades
Orlando Torres
Samantha Hernandez
Wesley Cannon
Jessica Payne
Lauren DeFilippo
Lou Nakasako

INTERNS
Rumi Lee
Liza Blackburn
Tim Van Mullem

ONLINE EDITOR
Dave Bigelow

SOUND DESIGN AND MIX
Chris Anderson

FOR WGBH BOSTON

LEAD BUSINESS MANAGER
Catherine Giarrusso

BUSINESS MANAGER
Jonathan Trimby

UNIT MANAGER
Michael Yue

DIGITAL
Anna Fort
Meredith Nierman
Li Wei

SOCIAL
Kate Ida
Tory Starr

NATIONAL AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
Bara Levin
Jeff Elias
Mary Cardona-Foster

LEGAL & BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Eric Brass
Jay Fialkov
Janice Flood
Nike Okediji

PRODUCTION FINANCE
Carolyn Goodwin
Pablo Velez, Jr.

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR
Salme López Sabina

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Judith Vecchione

A Production of Structure Films for WGBH Studio Six