Joy
3 trailblazers: a young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media, and medical establishment in their pursuit of the world's first 'test tube baby,' Louise Joy Brown.
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"Joy is the story of the development of IVF, and specifically the role of Jean Purdy in that world-changing process - a woman whose contribution to the research and treatment was too often written out of history. That a woman's contribution should be written out of this, of all stories is of course a deeply ironic injustice; and the film is seeking to do for this injustice what Hidden Figures did for a similar injustice in the history of the American space programme. Thomasin McKenzie is excellent - as she usually is - in the lead role, and Bill Nighy is well used as one of the surgeons. T..."
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The world first 'test tube baby', Louise Brown, has expressed frustration about the way modern IVF treatments are often out of reach for many people on lower incomes. In interviews with media upon release of the film about the team who developed IVF, she said: "I know the three pioneers wanted it to be used by everybody who needed it, and it breaks my heart that not everybody who needs it can use it. Mum and Dad didn't have any money; they were normal working-class people, and I think that was one of the reasons Mum was chosen."
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3 trailblazers: a young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media, and medical establishment in their pursuit of the world's first 'test tube baby,' Louise Joy Brown.