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On the Lake Abstract This documentary film, On the Lake—Life and Love in a Distant Place, by David Bettencourt and G. Wayne Miller, reminds people across the United States that tuberculosis was the number-one killer in their country in the not so distant past. The one-hour documentary, produced by Stop TB partner Eagle Peak Media, chronicles the lives, loves and losses of Rhode Islanders who were confined to a lakeside TB sanatorium in the first half of the 20th century, when no effective TB treatment was available. The film paints a powerful portrait of the stigma attached to TB, and the terror the disease inspired across the United States, in the pre-antibiotic era. The documentary closes with a hard look at the global TB epidemic today. On the Lake was broadcast widely on affiliates of the Public Broadcasting Service in cities around the US beginning in March 2009 and will continue to appear through this spring and summer. Publisher Eagle Peak Media PO Box 6461 Providence, RI 02940 Main Phone: (401) 781-1074 http://www.eaglepeakmedia.com Publication Date 2009 Author David Bettencourt and G. Wayne Miller Public Broadcasting Service PBS Public Video Service Eagle Peak Media Format DVD Physical Description 1 DVD (~60 mins.): col. Language English Audiences Community Leaders, General Public, Health Educators/Communicators, Health Professionals, Persons With LTBI, Persons With TB, Policy Makers Document URL HTML: http://www.onthelakemovie.com/index.html Topic Advocacy/Communications, History of TB To order this material, contact the Organization in the Available From field. To view this material online, click the link in the Document URL field. Disclaimer: The information on the TB Education and Training Resources Web Site is made available as a public service. Neither the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nor the National Prevention Information Network endorses the organizations, Web sites, and materials presented. It is the responsibility of the user to evaluate this information prior to use based on individual, community, and organizational needs and standards.