Name: NOVA
Genre: Documentary

NOVA Episode 34.08 Forgotten Genius

NOVA Episode 34.08 Forgotten Genius

Episode Premiere

February 6, 2007

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

GBH

Official Site

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

Information

Episode Premiere

February 6, 2007

Genre

Documentary

Period

1974 -

Production Co

GBH

Distributor

PBS

Official Site

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

Cast and Crew

Director

Llewellyn M. Smith

Screenwriter

Llewellyn M. Smith, Stephen Lyons

Additional Cast

Courtney B. Vance
Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Synopsis

The grandson of Alabama slaves, Percy Julian met with every possible barrier in a deeply segregated America. He was a man of genius, devotion, and determination. As a black man he was also an outsider, fighting to make a place for himself in a profession and country divided by bigotry—a man who would eventually find freedom in the laboratory. By the time of his death, Julian had risen to the highest levels of scientific and personal achievement, overcoming countless obstacles to become a world-class scientist, a self-made millionaire, and a civil-rights pioneer.