Wormwood
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Wormwood is a 2017 Netflix docudrama miniseries by Errol Morris that blends documentary interviews with dramatized scenes to explore the mysterious death of scientist Frank Olson and the CIA’s MK-Ultra program.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Netflix original series
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docudrama ⓘ television miniseries ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Errol Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsLocation |
New York City
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsTimePeriod | Cold War era ⓘ |
| director | Errol Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Netflix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
CIA officials
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Eric Olson NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Olson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
CIA mind control experiments
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cover-up allegations ⓘ government secrecy ⓘ mysterious death of Frank Olson ⓘ |
| format | miniseries ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical drama
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docudrama ⓘ documentary television series ⓘ true crime television series ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conspiracy
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ethics of intelligence operations ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ truth and memory ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfContent | hybrid documentary-fiction ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Netflix original documentary programming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
CIA MK-Ultra program
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Frank Olson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 6 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Netflix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform | Netflix ⓘ |
| portraysEvent | 1953 death of Frank Olson ⓘ |
| portraysOrganization | Central Intelligence Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysProgram | Project MK-Ultra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Fourth Floor Productions
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Moxie Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | streaming television ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| runningTimePerEpisode | approximately 40–50 minutes ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | biblical term "wormwood" associated with bitterness and poison ⓘ |
| usesNarrativeDevice |
dramatized reenactments
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intercut documentary interviews ⓘ |
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