Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Secrets in our DNA / a NOVA production by Kikim Media for WGBH Boston ; producers, Laurie Cahalane, Melanie Wallace, Kiki Kapany, Michael Schwarz, Alyn Divine ; writer/director, Edward Gray.

Publisher, Date:

Arlington, VA : WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS Distribution, [2021]

Description:

1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video region 1

Summary:

DNA testing companies are trending nationally, with over 30 million Americans hoping to receive clues to family origins and forecasts of their future health -- not knowing the results can be misleading, or not considering that family secrets can tear apart relationships. The biggest risk, however, may be what these companies do with our information once they have it, so this program objectively explores the promise and peril of consumer DNA testing.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: TVPG.

Series:

Nature

Subjects:

Genetic screening.

DNA -- Analysis.

Genetic genealogy.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

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