‘The Experimenter’ tells story of Milgram’s obedience experiments

‘The Experimenter’ tells story of Milgram’s obedience experiments
‘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.