Independent Lens Season 21 Episode 17 - Jim Allison: Breakthrough

Airdate: 2020-Apr-27

Episode summary:

The story of one warmhearted, stubborn man's visionary quest to find a cure for cancer, Jim Allison: Breakthrough is an homage to an unconventional superhero — a pioneering, harmonica-playing scientist from a small town in Texas who triumphed over a doubtful medical establishment to save innumerable lives around the world and win the Nobel Prize.

About Independent Lens series:

Independent Lens is an anthology of independent documentary films.