Tag Results for "health"
by Joanna Rudnick
Premiere: October 1, 2008
How much would you sacrifice to survive? When Chicago filmmaker Joanna Rudnick tested positive for the "breast cancer gene" at age 27, she knew the information could save her life, but she didn't know what to do about it.
by David E. Simpson, J.J. Hanley, Gordon Quinn
Premiere: July 16, 2002
Explore the traumatic legacy of blame, guilt and self-doubt suffered by a generation of mothers who were told they were responsible for their child's autism and learn more about this increasingly common disorder.
by Marion Lipschutz, Rose Rosenblatt
Premiere: September 26, 2000
New Hampshire’s “Live Free or Die” motto acquires tense contemporary meaning when abortion politics play out in a quiet New England town.
by Maren Monsen
Premiere: July 21, 1998
When does life become a fate worse than death? In this age of medical "miracles," increasing numbers of doctors, patients and their families are forced to face this question.
by Anne Makepeace
Premiere: June 2, 1998
When forty-something filmmaker Anne Makepeace "can't get pregnant the fun way," she turns the camera on herself, her husband and their idiosyncratic siblings and embarks on a tender and tumultuous journey through the complex maze of contemporary fertility science.
by Judith Helfand
Premiere: June 17, 1997
Battling personal grief, corporate power, and her mother's guilt, Judith Helfand turns the camera on herself and her family to document her battle with DES-related cancer.
by Ada Gay Griffin, Michelle Parkerson
Premiere: June 18, 1996
Poet, lover, mother, warrior — Audre Lorde wrote passionately of love and anger, civil rights and sexuality, family politics and the glories of nature.
by Garth Stein
Premiere: June 29, 1993
Garth Stein's Hi 8 camera captures family drama and unexpected humor as his quirky, yet determined, older sister prepares to undergo brain surgery to cure her epilepsy.
by Walter Brock, Stephen Roszell
Premiere: July 0, 1992
A haunting portrait of a young woman who begins to starve herself in search of the "perfect" body. The film follows four years in the life of Regina Hatfield as she struggles with bulimia.