This film documents the triumph over mankind's most feared disease - leprosy. The program outlines the history of one of the most unusual communities in American history: the national leprosarium in Louisiana known as "Carville," a refuge for leprosy patients from all over the world. Crafted from contemporary interviews, as well as old radio shows, movie news accounts, and other archival materials - including exclusive photographs taken by a longtime patient - the documentary goes inside Carville and introduces patients, nuns, doctors, and staff who lived and worked there. The personal narratives are underscored by original music composed and performed by Grammy-winner Bela Fleck, accompanied on bass by Grammy-winner Edgar Meyer and other world-class musicians.

Thursday, 9/4/08 from 3:30-4:30 a.m. ET