‘The Experimenter’ tells story of Milgram’s obedience experiments
‘The Experimenter’ tells story of Milgram’s obedience experiments
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In the 1960s, social psychologist Stanley Milgram, conducted a series of controversial experiments to understand why ordinary Germans obeyed Nazi demands. The ‘Obedience Experiments’, as they came to be known, are the subject of a new film starring Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder entitled Experimenter. Milos Stehlik, director of Facets Multimedia and WBEZ’s film contributor, joins us to discuss the film.