Kuru: The Science and the Sorcery (2010)

Directed by Rob Bygott52mDocumentary

Australian scientist Michael Alpers dedicated over 50 years to researching Kuru, an obscure and incurable brain disease unique to the Fore people of New Guinea. Kuru was once thought to be a psychosomatic illness, an infection, a genetic disorder, even a sorcerer's curse, but Alpers' findings pointed to cannibalism as the culprit. Yet a recent discovery has proven to be even more disturbing: the malady is linked to mad cow disease and its human equivalent, variant CJD. With a decades-long incubation period, could a larger outbreak be on its way?

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2010
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
1 December 2010
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Judy Davis
Judy Davis
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Michael Alpers
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Russ Harris
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Pako Ombeya
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