Tuskegee: Overcoming a Painful Legacy.

Johnny Ford first became mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama in 1972, the year news broke of the notorious Tuskegee Experiment that would shatter African American trust in the medical establishment for generations. Despite this tragic legacy, Mayor Ford says, with trusted Black scientists and doctors leading this vaccination effort no one should use what happened in Tuskegee as a reason not to get vaccinated now.

This film was part of a Docuseries examining vaccine hesitancy in America. The year-long project was underwritten by Walgreens and produced by Slipstream, a production company I co-founded that is focused on documenting the greatest health challenges facing America.

Client: Walgreens

Production Company: Slipstream

Executive Producers: Rego Marquiis Stefan Clark
Director\Cinematography: David McLain
Producers: John Fox, Jerome Thelia, Megan Kelty
Editors: Jenna Dini Bliss, Kenneth Kerr
Assistant Editor: Anna Pellecchia
Music Composer: Garth Neustadter
Sound re-recording mixer: Andre Kelman
Colorist/post-sup: Jerome Thelia