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Mentored by a Madman(2017)

  • Documentary
10.0

Overview

The William Burroughs Experiment: A conversation with A.J.Lees and Mike Zandi. Hanging out with the molecules. A guide to neurology, discovery, and the Parkinson's Disease. 11th April is World Parkinson's Day and the anniversary of James Parkinson's birth. It is also 200 years since he published his essay on the shaking palsy. Watch our film about world authority on PD Professor Andrew Lees, by award winning documentary maker Ben Crowe, in which Professor Lees calls for a more creative approach to research. The film puts a spotlight on William Gowers and the process of neurology. Gowers (1845-1915) was a key figure in establishing the National Hospital as the single most important institution in the field of epilepsy in the last three decades of the nineteenth century.

Status:Released
Release Date:Apr 11, 2017
Runtime: 25m

Director:

Ben Crowe

Writer:

Andrew John Lees,Ben Crowe

Top Cast

Andrew John Lees

Andrew John Lees

Professor of Neurology

Michael Zandi

Michael Zandi

Neurologist

William Gowers

William Gowers

Neurologist (archive footage)

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