McCarthy Productions traveled 8 thousand miles to the South Pacific nation of Micronesia to document a research team to the State of Chuuk Their goal was to discover the cause of a medical mystery – the unprecedented prevalence of microphthalmia, a disorder of the eye that causes blindness, among Chuuk’s population. Findings from the mission could change many lives for the better, not just among the natives to Chuuk, but around the world.
