Sundance Channel and Court TV will team to produce a documentary from director Alex Gibney ("Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room").
Hourlong docu, titled "The Human Behavior Experiments," will examine three behavioral studies from the '60s and '70s. Among them is The Miligram Experiment, a 1961-62 study that documented subjects obeying authority figures even when directed to inflict pain on others.
Docu will place these experiments in a current context, with an eye toward events like the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
Docu will air June 1 on Sundance Channel and Court TV. Cablers previously collaborated on "The First Amendment Project" in 2004.
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