A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics, Genetics and the American Dream

A dangerous idea has threatened the American Dream from the beginning — the belief that some groups and individuals are inherently superior to others and more deserving of fundamental rights. Such biological determinism provided an excuse for some of America's most shameful history. And now it's back.

The documentary "A Dangerous Idea" reveals how biologically determined politics has disenfranchised women and people of color, provided a rationale for state-sanctioned crimes committed against America's most vulnerable citizens, and now gains new traction under the Trump administration.

Featuring interviews with social thinkers such as Van Jones and Robert Reich, as well as prominent scientists, A DANGEROUS IDEA is a radical reassessment of the meaning, use and misuse of gene science. Like no other film before it, this documentary brings to light how false scientific claims have rolled back long fought for gains in equality, and how powerful interests are poised once again to use the gene myth to unravel the American Dream.