Storyline
Over the last three decades, science has been advancing our understanding of stress: how it impacts our bodies and how our social standing can make us more or less susceptible. From baboon troops on the plains of Africa, to neuroscience labs at Stanford University, scientists are revealing just how lethal stress can be. Research tells us that the impact of stress can be found deep within us, shrinking our brains, adding fat to our bellies, even unraveling our chromosomes. Understanding how stress works can help us figure out ways to combat it and how to live a life free of the tyranny of this contemporary plague. In Stress: Portrait of a Killer, scientific discoveries in the field and in the lab prove that stress is not just a state of mind, but something measurable and dangerous.
Cast & Crew
ML
Marcus Lovett
Narrator
Lead
Robert Sapolsky
Himself
Michael Marmot
Himself
LS
Lisa Sapolsky
Herself
CS
Carol Shively
Herself
EB
Elizabeth Blackburn
Herself
JR
Jeffrey Ritterman
Himself
TR
Tessa Roseboom
Herself
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Heminway's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Stress: Portrait of a Killer is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
