Independent Lens · SEASON 9
A Son's Sacrifice
Episode 11 · 2008-01-22
- Documentary
Episode overview
Dr. Jack Kessler, a prominent neurologist, shifts his diabetes research to stem cell research when his daughter is paralyzed from the waist down. The program brings the stem cell debate to the forefront and examines the constantly evolving interplay between the promise of new discoveries, the controversy of modern science and the courage of people living with devastating disease and injury.
60 minutes
Season 9 episodes
1. Wordplay2007-10-16
2. Please Vote for Me2007-10-23
3. Storm of Emotions2007-10-30
4. Red White Black & Blue2007-11-06
5. Miss Navajo2007-11-13
6. The Creek Runs Red2007-11-20
8. The Paper2007-12-11
9. An Unreasonable Man2007-12-18
10. Today's Man2008-01-08
11. A Son's Sacrifice2008-01-22
12. American Made2008-01-22
13. How Is Your Fish Today?2008-01-29
14. Banished2008-02-19
15. Hard Road Home2008-02-26
16. Iron Ladies of Liberia2008-03-18
17. Compañeras2008-04-01
18. Water Flowing Together2008-04-08
19. Water Flowing Together2008-04-08
20. Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula2008-05-06
21. A Dream in Doubt2008-05-20
22. New Year Baby2008-05-27
23. The Cool School2008-06-10
24. Writ Writer2008-06-03
25. Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story2008-06-19
26. Deep Water2008-06-15
27. Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story2008-06-19
