After two years of acclaim on the film festival circuit, our documentary The Breast Cancer Diaries heads to television tonight! This documentary is a labor of love.The subject is Ann Murray Paige--one of David's five sisters. Along with Ann, we will be lifting a glass of champagne tonight to her humor and courage under fire. It was directed by Linda and filmed by Linda and Ann (who set up a diary camera in her home) with some scenes filmed by David as well (including the not to be missed whoopee cushion scene). For more on what this film is all about, see the "official" synopsis below.
The Breast Cancer Diaries airs tonight Thursday October 30th at 8 and 11 pm on the Discovery Health Channel (check your local cable listing--if you get Discovery then you also get Discovery Health).
THE BREAST CANCER DIARIES
For ten years, Ann Murray Paige covered the news—but for the biggest story of her life she turned the camera on herself.
When Murray-Paige, a formal local news reporter and anchor, is diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 38, she sets up a diary camera in her bedroom. Ann’s video diaries—raw and true—offer an intimate chronicle of a young mother’s nine month journey with breast cancer, punctuated with humor, poignancy and romance.
Along the way, Ann—with characteristic wit—challenges everything from drive-through mastectomies to how American society all too often defines a woman by her breasts.
The Breast Cancer Diaries is a chronicle of illness met with attitude, symbolized by the “Cancer Sucks” button that Ann pins on her shirt. Throughout it all there is humor: from a hospital flashing scene, to a young son’s attempt to heal his mother with a whoopee cushion.
Director Linda Pattillo, herself an award-winning former network news correspondent (ABC NEWS and CNN), spent 15 years covering wars across the globe. In The Diaries, she covers a far more intimate and personal battle—that of a young woman and mother fighting for her life.
To see David's documentary still photographs of Ann's journey, visit The Diaries website:
www.thebreastcancerdiaries.com
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Congratulations, Linda, David and Ann! What a huge thrill to finally have this on national television. You two continue to amaze and inspire me (and I know many others)! And I know Ann's story of strength is one that I and many others need to be told.
Thank you Sam. We are so excited to share Ann's story !
Thank you David for letting me know about the documentary. I cried the entire film. It was very powerful indeed, an eye opener and very well done.
Good health to you and your family and especially Ann. Thank you, thank you!
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