POV

Thank you

Your film has help me more then you will ever know! I am gene carrier and watch your film in Januray of 2009 and only one libray in mass has it! I got and watch it with my husband and parent! Since you film I am having a PBM with a diep flap! You are bring to light the brca gene and how it affects not just women but there family! You are bring to media! I thank you! Kelly Demartins

by Kelly Demartinis from medway , mass
September 4, 2009, 10:28 PM

Thank you for sharing!!

As a BRCA1 gene carrier I too went through the tears and heartache of the choices I faced, those about a family. Your film Joanna was touching. I bought and watched it but in the UK it is hard to meet up with others until after the event. So I set up BRCA Umbrella to help support women and men online. This film will help those who are members of BRCA Umbrella who are still in the decision making process and they can pass this link onto their families, friends and groups. It was a brave decision to make the film and the complexity of the choices we face makes you want to help others, raise awareness and this film does just that. Is there a follow up planned?

Thank you so much for sharing :D

by LJ from Plymouth, UK
September 11, 2009, 10:34 AM

Wonderful

I love that Joanna was brave enough to share her experiences in dealing with the tough decisions we BRCA carriers have to face. Its a wonderful tool to help raise awareness and also to educate our friends and loved ones on the hurdles we face. Thank you so much for sharing.

by Stacey Cisco from Royal oak, MI
October 19, 2009, 11:11 PM

ACLU screening and panel discussion

Selene Kaye of the ACLU's Women's Rights Project blogs about their recent screening and panel discussion at Tribeca Cinemas here: http://blog.aclu.org/

by Eliza from New York, NY
October 23, 2009, 11:05 AM

Thank you, Joanna

Joanna, your film saved women's lives. I want to thank you and your family for your sacrifice of privacy for a good cause. I appreciated the amount of medical information that you gave us so that each of us could have some background knowledge. Those kinds of decisions are never simple, but at least we have a choice. Your decision was to show others a life and death situation and how it affected other people that were close to you. Personally, I didn't know about this specific blood test. Thanks to you, I decided to be tested because in my family, there is a history of cancer and heart disease. "Being alive - that's what matters," your friend said. I understand your dilemma. Please be strong for yourself and the people that love you.

by Irena Gabryszewski from Linden, NJ
October 25, 2009, 8:38 PM

Thanks to share

Johana sharing your experience, has been an example for other women who may be in a situation like that. to let us know how important it is to take a difficult decision that can save us but also risking our lives.
More than the decision that you take to survive is the fact to want to share something very delicate and personal for you and your family with the purpose of helping many women who need support to make a decision.In my case thanks to God, in my family there are not genes for breast cancer, personally I can not say I've experienced something like that but, I can imagine how difficult it must be for oneself and loved ones Johana once again thanks for sharing.

by Alba from Elizabeth, NJ
October 26, 2009, 1:34 PM

Thank you so much johnna for helping others.Being alive are not easy words to follow them.how brave you are to show people these decisions.you gave agood massage to others that nothing is imposiple in order to live. I don't have a family history of breast cancer,but I can feel how hard it is. you encouraged many womens to go for breast cancer gene test.I have no idea about this gene test before, so thank you my dear and have anice life free from worries.I appreciated your family and uoy friens supporting.

by Elham.Soliman from Elizabeth, NJ
October 26, 2009, 6:31 PM