Cancer (film)

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Cancer
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Also known as	Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Genre	Documentary film
Based on	The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer; by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Written by	David Blistein; Ken Burns; Barak Goodman; Geoffrey Ward;
Directed by	Barak Goodman
Starring	Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee
Narrated by	Edward Herrmann
Composer	David Cieri
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	3
Production
Producer	Barak Goodman
Cinematography	Robert Hanna; Stephen McCarthy; Sam Russell;
Editors	Peter R. Livingston Jr.; Karen K. H. Sim; Nancy Novack;
Running time	6 h (360 min)
Production companies	Florentine Films; Laura Ziskin Pictures; WETA Washington, D.C.; Ark Media;
Original release
Network	PBS
Release	March 30, 2015

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies is a 2015 American documentary film produced and directed by Barak Goodman and executive produced by Ken Burns. The film, in three episodes of two hours each, is based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning 2010 book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, by Siddhartha Mukherjee, and describes the history of cancer and cancer treatments, particularly in the United States.

The film is narrated by Edward Herrmann, who was himself suffering from terminal brain cancer at the time of its production. He died on December 31, 2014, three months before the film's release, making the series his final performance.

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