SILVERDOCS: THE BREAST CANCER DIARIES




American Film Institute show

Summary: THE BREAST CANCER DIARIES June 17, 2006 Post-screening discussion with film subject Ann Murray Paige and filmmaker Linda Pattillo following the SILVERDOCS World Premiere of THE BREAST CANCER DIARIES. Film synopsis: Diagnosed with breast cancer at age 38, Ann Murray Paige sets up a video diary camera in her bedroom. The result is an intimate, unvarnished first-person account of “a life turned sideways,” punctuated with humor, poignancy and romance. Directed by Peabody and Murrow award-winning journalist Linda Pattillo, the only female television correspondent to travel with frontline US troops into Kuwait during the first Persian Gulf War. Web: www.thebreastcancerdiaries.com