PEOPLE ARE TALKING: WHAT MAKES A SURVIVOR (TV)

Summary

One in a series of newsmagazine programs from local station WBZ-TV in Boston. This program features people who have survived tragedies. Host Buzz Luttrell questions Sharon Komlos, who was blinded by a shotgun blast and then kidnapped and raped, about how she has reacted and rebounded. Author Gail Sheehy defines the human survival instinct and discusses her book about her adopted Cambodian daughter, who has survived refugee camps. Sheehy compares her daughter's survival with Sharon Komlos's and discusses the attitude necessary to survive. Luttrell interviews a panel of young adults who have survived tragedies Komlos and Sheehy discuss their involvement in victims' rights and survivor support groups. Commercials deleted.

Details

NETWORK: WBZ-TV
DATE: May 12, 1986 12:30 PM
RUNNING TIME: 1:00:00
COLOR/B&W: Color
CATALOG ID: T87:0165
GENRE: Public Affairs/Documentaries; Magazine
SUBJECT HEADING: NATPE Collection
SERIES RUN: WBZ (Boston, MA) - TV series, 1982-
COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

Alan Schroeder … Producer
Mary Flynn … Associate Producer
Don Larick … Director
Buzz Luttrell … Host
Sharon Komlos
Gail Sheehy

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