![]() ![]() Johns Hopkins also has valued experience with film crews, he says, as it was the location for two other documentaries: Hopkins 24/7 and its sequel, Hopkins. ![]() ![]() Goodman says the production team chose Johns Hopkins as one of its film locations because it wanted a leading hospital on the forefront of cancer treatment and research. Film crews were embedded at the Kimmel Cancer Center for 18 months to document the hopeful and sometimes heartbreaking narratives of its patients, clinicians, scientists and staff. The documentary team filmed in various locations at Johns Hopkins, including the Pancreas Multidisciplinary Cancer Clinic, the Lung Cancer Program at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and the pediatric oncology wing of The Charlotte R. It premieres on Monday, March 30, on PBS affiliates and will be shown over three consecutive nights. The series, Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name by Siddhartha Mukherjee, a cancer specialist at Columbia University. The intricate story of cancer-from its ancient roots to the latest in gene and immunotherapy-will be told in an upcoming three-part, six-hour PBS documentary series executive-produced by Ken Burns and directed by Barak Goodman. ![]() Cancer in its multitudinous forms remains the second leading cause of death in the United States and touches members of nearly every family, regardless of race, gender or age. ![]()
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