Factor 8

[The_Dark]

I can't wait to see this movie. This whole scandal was washed under the carpet and noone ever hears about it anymore.

Factor 8

Synopsis:

For more than two decades, the Arkansas prison system profited from selling blood plasma from inmates infected with viral hepatitis and AIDS. Thousands of unwitting victims who received transfusions of a product called Factor 8 made from this blood died as a result.

Follow along as filmmaker Kelly Duda uncovers the tragedy that many consider a crime. Through exclusive interviews and key documents as well as never-before-seen footage, he builds a formidable case that cries out to be heard. See in-depth interviews with a wide variety of players including: victims in Canada who contracted the diseases, state prison officials, former employees, high-ranking Arkansas politicians, and inmate donors, all of which paint a horrifying portrait of what happened.

Why did the state of Arkansas and its prison system risk selling inmates’ blood for so long and how was it able to continue?

Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal is an unsettling look at the complex issues surrounding prison corruption, blood safety and government oversight. This feature length documentary takes the viewer into the underbelly of the good ole boy South, and, like a Grisham novel, delivers disturbing subplots of continued danger, amazing coincidences and a possible conspiracy.

At the heart of the documentary is one reporter’s dogged search for the truth. He discovers that his home state knew it was dealing a dangerous product, yet put profits over public safety while federal regulators looked the other way. Charges of cronyism and cover-up reach all the way to the administration of then-Gov. Bill Clinton. And, years before he would assume higher office, the question of “what did he know and when did he know it” comes into play.

Add death threats, burglary, and a murder to the story and a suspected campaign of fear and intimidation surfaces lending explanation to how this story was kept quiet for so long.

Even now, families are still grieving. People are still dying. Around the world major classaction lawsuits have been filed and criminal investigations are underway. While the rest of the globe looks to America for answers, the story remains largely untold and no one has ever been held accountable.

Factor 8 is one citizen’s attempt to set that right.

[saechalyn]

What a horrible story.

I'd like to see that too.

[Lilith]

That sounds soo f-d up.

[ZhukovCodeslinger]

its interesting how this information has been around since 94 or so... but nobody in the news seemed to care about it... but when 8 people got SARS... it was world wide panic!

It seems that Bill Clinton did manage to give a bunch of people Aids.... Luckily, Monica only got a Cuban Cigar....

[The_Dark]

Well, you can't get the media to show anything that makes the Liberal's favorite son look bad.

[The_Dark]

And the fact that people really don't care. Look at the numbers... as of this 44 views... take away 3-4 for my posts and we still have 40 people reading this and only 3 with enough heart to post something. This should piss people off. People should be screaming in the streets about this kinda thing.

[bean]

That's horrible. Unfortunately the really important news gets hidden, so no one knows what's really going on in the world.