The Hunters Point Biomonitoring Foundation and the San Francisco Bay View newspaper are honored to announce the Bayview Hunters Point Community is spotlighted in the NOVA documentary “Critical Condition: Health In Black America” from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Stanley Nelson.
“This film ultimately explores how science is an aspect of culture and how, when false and misleading ideas about African Americans make their way into science, the impact can be profound and intractable,” observed Nelson, “Critical Condition” director.
The award-winning PBS science series NOVA premiered the feature length documentary on April 30, 2025. It is available for streaming at pbs.org/nova and on the PBS app. Oscar nominated filmmaker Stanley Nelson explores the factors behind health disparities in the U.S., tracing historical roots of false beliefs in our medical system and examining the environmental conditions that contribute to disproportionately poor health outcomes for Black Americans…