Shatner-ific Biopic of Stanley Milgram

In 1976, CBS aired a biopic of Stanley Milgram starring William Shatner called The Tenth Level. Milgram, of course, conducted a series of now-famous experiments in which he tested how willing ordinary people were to administer what they thought were painful shocks to research subjects. He found that a very high percentage of people were willing to administer shocks right up and past the point where the shocks would cause serious injury.

Mind Hacks notes that the Tenth Level is available on YouTube, cut into seven parts. The first part is here. As Mind Hacks notes,

The combination of some of the most notorious experiments in the history of psychology, Big Bill Shatner, cheap production and hammy acting make for a heady mix, although it doesn’t particularly overdo the psychology.

One thing I’d strongly recommend is actually reading the book Milgram wrote about the series of experiments, Obedience to Authority. It is a relatively quick read, and Milgram goes into depth about the numerous variations of the experiment he did to try to better understand why people would obey so readily and under what circumstances they would disobey.