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| BIRTH OF THE PILL, THE (NGC)
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DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY:
4/19/17
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STATUS:
previously in development (2017-2018 season) |
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script |
DESCRIPTION:
(from National Geographic Channel's press release, April 2017) It has been called the only product in American history so powerful that it needed no name. Today we know it simply as "the pill," but it was made possible only through the efforts of four larger-than-life figures. Adapted from Jonathan Eig's 2014 book, "The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution," the series follows feminist icon Margaret Sanger and philanthropist Katherine McCormick, who campaigned for women's rights and championed birth control, enlisting the help of visionary scientist Gregory Pincus and Catholic OB/GYN John Rock. Together, the four took on the scientific establishment, the church and cultural norms in their fight to make safe and effective contraception available to millions of women. The Birth of the Pill is a thrilling recounting of the development of a drug that forever changed medical and social history. |
CREW INFORMATION:
· Alison Greenspan as EP
· Denise DiNovi as EP
· Jonathan Eig as BOOK
· R.J. Cutler as DIR/PROD
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Sonar Entertainment
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