
08 Nov 2023

Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion
The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the homeless.
Illusion sets the stage. Deception reveals the truth.
Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his pleads for mercy, the majority of subjects don’t stop the experiment, administering what they think is a near-fatal electric shock, simply because they’ve been told to do so. With Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial airing in living rooms across America, Milgram strikes a nerve in popular culture and the scientific community with his exploration into people’s tendency to comply with authority. Celebrated in some circles, he is also accused of being a deceptive, manipulative monster, but his wife Sasha stands by him through it all.
Stanley Milgram
Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
James McDonough
Paul Hollander
John Williams
William Shatner
Ossie Davis
Braverman
Mrs. Lowe
Miller
Florence Asch
Tom Shannon
Rensaleer
Mrs. Stein
Bruno
George Bellak
Solomon Asch
Taylor
Alan Elms
Sasha's Suitor
08 Nov 2023
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