The 2-Hour Special: The Heroes

Produced in Association with

Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health

The Stories

Two Cent Hero

Produced By

Tabitha Jackson
Mike Beckham

Co Produced By

Alexis Bloom

Edited By

Russ Clapham
Tom Ash

Camera

Mike Fox
Ian Salvage

Riding for Health

Written and Directed By

Gail Willumsen

Produced By

Gail Willumsen
Jill Shinefield

Edited By

Leonard Feinstein

Camera

Mark Knobil

Can Anyone Save Botswana

Written,Produced, and Directed By

Rob Whittlesey

Co-Producer

Tina Nguyen

Edited By

Stephanie Munroe

Camera

Mark Knobil
Mike Fox

Polio Warriors

Written,Produced, and Directed By

Mike Beckham

Associate Producers

Kate Solomon
Julie Crawford

Edited By

Tom Ash

Camera

Steve Gray

Water Man of Uganda

Produced by

Tabitha Jackson and Mike Beckham

Co Produced By

Alexis Bloom

Edited By

Russ Clapham
Tom Ash

Camera

Mike Fox
Ian Salvage

Stalking A Killer

Written, Produced, and Directed by

Sarah Holt

Associate Producer

Laura Pacheco

Edited By

Doug Quade

Camera

Greg Andracke
Reuben Aaronson

Beyond the End of the Road

Produced by

Sarah Holt

Associate Producer

Laura Pacheco

Edited By

Doug Quade
David Espar

Camera

Greg Andracke
Reuben Aaronson

Miracle in Bangladesh

Written and Directed By

Gail Willumsen

Produced By

Gail Willumsen
Jill Shinefield

Edited By

Leonard Feinstein

Camera

Mark Knobil

Rx For Survival: The Heroes

Produced By

Larry Klein

Edited By

Leonard Feinstein

Music Composed by

Sheldon Mirowitz

Orchestration and Programming

Sheldon Mirowitz
Andreas Bjorck
Matt Mariano

Animation By

Edgeworx

Director
John Bair, Director

Producer
Renuka Ballal

Animators
Amber Kusmenko
Nathan Meier
Molly Schwartz

Dramatic Sequences Produced By

Dangerous Films, Ltd.

Series Creative Consultant

Richard Dale

Post Production

Henninger Media Services

Online: Jef Huey
Colorist: Dave Markun
Mix: Dave Hurley

Closed Captioning By

The Caption Center

Archival Material Provided By

Prologue
ITN Archives
Ideas En Movimiento
ITN/Chanel 4
WGBH Educational Foundation
Vulcan Productions

Two Cent Hero
Johns Hopkins University

Riding For Health
Dorna Sports, S. L.
Riders In Health

Can Anyone Save Botswana
Botswana Television
Merck & Co., Inc.

Stalking A Killer
Partners In Health

Beyond The End Of The Road
"Les Yeux De L'espoir", Dir. Bernard Surugue
IRD And WHO/OCP
"Mara, Le Regard Du Lion", Dir. Bernard Surugue
Ird And Who/Ocp
Merck & Co., Inc.
The New York Times

Miracle In Bangladesh
Itn Archives

Special Thanks

Baylor-Botswana Children's Clinic
The Carter Presidential Center
Office of the President, Botswana
Princess Marina Hospital
UNICEF
World Health Organization

A RCSR Productions Film

Series Advisors

Barry Bloom
Harvard School of Public Health

Nils Daulaire
Global Health Council

Harvey Fineberg
National Institute of Medicine

William Foege
Emory University

Katrina Hedberg
Oregon Public Health Services

Donald Hopkins
The Carter Presidential Center

Michael Osterholm
University of Minnesota

Allan Rosenfield
Columbia University

Jaime Sepulveda Amor
Mexican National Institutes of Health

Alfred Sommer
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University

Mary Wilson
Harvard University

For Vulcan Productions, Inc.

Production Assistant

Kate Blyth

Assistant Manager, Documentary Productions

Jennifer Senkler

Media Relations Manager

Michael Nank

Manager, Documentary Productions

Pamela Rosenstein

Senior Director, Marketing and Publicity

Jason J. Hunke

Director, Documentary Productions

Bonnie Benjamin Phariss

For WGBH

Exec. Director, Marketing and Publicity

Anne Zeiser

Marketing, Publicity and Station Relations

Adina Barnett
Erin Martin Kane
Mary Beth Lefaivre
Sara Green
Lisa Cerqueira
Patrick Ramirez

Outreach Initiatives

Julie Benyo, Education
Nanda Chitre, Impact Campaign
Mweredith Nierman, Web Site

Business and Legal Affairs

Susan Rosen Shishko

Special Projects Assistant

Gaia Remerowski

Unit Managers

Mary Alice Holmes
Salme Lopez

Development Producers

Jennifer Greene
Tina Nguyen
Jason Spingarn-Koff

Series Associate Producer

Jonathan Loewald

Senior Content Director

Linda Harrar

Coordinating Producer

Walter Gadecki

Senior Producer

Lisa Mirowitz

Executives-in-Charge, Vulcan Productions

Paul G. Allen
Jody Patton

Executive-in-Charge, WGBH/NOVA Science Unit

Paula S. Apsell

Executive Producer, Vulcan Productions

Richard Hutton

Series Executive Producer

Larry Klein

A Co-Production of The WGBH/NOVA Science Unit and Vulcan Productions, Inc.