| Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal | |
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| Directed by | Kelly Duda |
| Produced by | Kelly Duda |
| Starring | Edwin Barron Jr. John Byus Kelly Duda Hezile Earl Francis ′Bud′ Henderson Rolf Kaestel Mark Kennedy James Kreppner Jim Lovel Randal Morgan John Schock |
| Narrated by | Kelly Duda |
| Cinematography | Kelly Duda, Clinton Steeds, Jon Ruffiner |
| Edited by | Kelly Duda |
| Music by | Nick Devlin The Salty Dogs |
| Distributed by | Concrete Films USA |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States of America |
| Language | English |
Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal is a feature-length documentary by Arkansas filmmaker and investigative journalist, Kelly Duda, released in 2005. Through interviews and the presentation of documents and footage, Duda alleged that in the 1970s and 1980s, the Arkansas prison system profited from selling blood plasma from inmates infected with viral hepatitis and HIV. The documentary contends that thousands of victims who received transfusions of blood products derived from these plasma products, Factor VIII, died as a result.[1]
- ^ Herron Zamora, Jim (3 June 2003). "Bad blood between hemophiliacs, Bayer: Patients sue over tainted transfusions spreading HIV, hep C". San Francisco Chronicle. USA. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
A San Francisco attorney filed a class–action lawsuit Monday on behalf of thousands of hemophiliacs who claim that Bayer Corp. and several other companies knowingly sold blood products contaminated with HIV and hepatitis C.