Cancer in Two Voices
1994 | 43 minutes | Color | 16mm/VHS | Order No. 99348
SYNOPSIS
PRESS
"**** A poignant video. Highly recommended for all health professionals and those studying for a career in health or medicine."
"Powerful and inspiring...a must-see."
SCREENING HIGHLIGHTS AND AWARDS
- Berlin Film Festival
- Sundance Film Festival
- New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Film Festivals
- London Jewish Film Festival
- Films de Femmes, Creteil, Audience Award for Best Foreign Documentary
ABOUT FILMMAKER(S)
Lucy Massie Phenix has a long history of community organizing and teaching and has been making social documentary films for 20 years. Her film credits include: Producer, Director and Co-Editor of YOU GOT TO MOVE, a film about grass roots social change in the South; Editor of THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROSIE THE RIVETERr, the compilation film classic on government propaganda and women working in the skilled trades during World War II; Co-Director and Co-Editor of WORD IS OUT, the acclaimed documentary on the experiences of 26 gay men and lesbians; and collaborator on the Winterfilm Collective's film WINTERSOLDIER, a documentary about and with Vietnam Veterans Against the War which received high accolades at the Cannes and Berlin Film Festivals. She has also served as Consulting Editor on many films including BERKELEY IN THE SIXTIES, COMMON THREADS, and ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE. (08/12)