“I’m sorry, but you have
Breast Cancer.”
In the United States, one in eight women will hear these shattering words in her lifetime.
LIFE INTERRUPTED, a film of great intimacy, features empowering stories of breast cancer survivors told through unflinching graphic imagery from the survivor’s perspective. These women are confronting a life-altering diagnosis, and refuse to step down as they respond to their disease process and the rebuilding of their lives with honesty, dignity, humor and grace.
Each woman sheds light on the emotional and physical roadblocks they overcame and what we can learn today from their persistence. LIFE INTERRUPTED is distinguished for its diversity and inclusiveness, representing survivors of widely diverging ages from 27 to 68; ethnicities including, African American, Native American and Jewish American with a wide range of socio-economic and geographic backgrounds.
Story Behind the Stories
Today, Breast cancer patients are often asked to make their own choices in terms of treatments available. The moment the diagnosis is received, each person must gather information and make life-altering decisions under extreme emotional duress, all in a relatively short period of time. Individual circumstances are unique, yet hearing stories from articulate women who have traveled this road before is invaluable for navigating the treatments and keeping hope alive.
Knowledge is power, the successful prevention and treatment of breast cancer depends on this.
What is unique about this film is that resilient women from various ages, stages of breast cancer, and ethnic, geographic, and socio-economic backgrounds share their journeys as they cross into and return from, the world of Breast Cancer. Breast cancer is not only an epidemic but also a culturally specific phenomenon. “One size does not fit all” when looking at each individual’s circumstances and cultural context
