Island of the colour blind.

Date:
1996
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Description

Third episode in a 6-part series in which Dr. Oliver Sacks travels the world in search of cases of rare neurological disorders and relates his findings to existing knowledge of these diseases. Part 3: Island of the Colour Blind On the small Pacific island of Pingelap, one in twelve people are colour-blind. Oliver Sacks investigates the reasons for this and assesses the effects of colour-blindness on the inhabitants' lives.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified], 1996.

Physical description

1 videocassette (VHS) (50 min.) : sound, color, PAL.

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BBC-TV

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