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About Face: Supermodels Then and Now
directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, 1952-; produced by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, 1952- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2012), 1 hour 11 mins
About Face reunites fashion's legendary models and examines their lives, careers, and lifelong relationship with beauty. From youth to cosmetic surgery, addiction to self-esteem, overnight stardom to reinvention, this HBO documentary reveals the extraordinary women behind the famous faces. Shot in Timothy Greenfie...
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directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, 1952-; produced by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, 1952- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2012), 1 hour 11 mins
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About Face reunites fashion's legendary models and examines their lives, careers, and lifelong relationship with beauty. From youth to cosmetic surgery, addiction to self-esteem, overnight stardom to reinvention, this HBO documentary reveals the extraordinary women behind the famous faces. Shot in Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' intimate portrait style, About Face highlights the women whose images defined our sense of beauty from the 1940s through th...
About Face reunites fashion's legendary models and examines their lives, careers, and lifelong relationship with beauty. From youth to cosmetic surgery, addiction to self-esteem, overnight stardom to reinvention, this HBO documentary reveals the extraordinary women behind the famous faces. Shot in Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' intimate portrait style, About Face highlights the women whose images defined our sense of beauty from the 1940s through the 1980s. About Face includes Carol Alt, Christie Brinkley, Beverly Johnson, Isabella Rossellini, Esme, Eileen Ford, Cheryl Tiegs, Christy Turlington, Calvin Klein, and more.
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Field of Study
Fashion Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, 1952-
Author / Creator
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, 1952-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Supermodels, Fashion models, Fashion
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Copyright © 2013. Used by permission of Filmakers Library.
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Adventures in The Gender Trade
directed by Susan Marenco; produced by Susan Marenco (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1994), 45 mins
Kate Bornstein, writer and performer, was born a man. This documentary presents her frank account of her personal journey from unhappy boy child into liberated transsexual lesbian. Intercut with her satiric night club act called "Hidden: A Gender," are the stories of a wide range of people who refused to have thei...
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directed by Susan Marenco; produced by Susan Marenco (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1994), 45 mins
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Kate Bornstein, writer and performer, was born a man. This documentary presents her frank account of her personal journey from unhappy boy child into liberated transsexual lesbian. Intercut with her satiric night club act called "Hidden: A Gender," are the stories of a wide range of people who refused to have their identity defined by whether they were born male or female. We are thus presented with a spectrum of colorful gender anomalies: drag q...
Kate Bornstein, writer and performer, was born a man. This documentary presents her frank account of her personal journey from unhappy boy child into liberated transsexual lesbian. Intercut with her satiric night club act called "Hidden: A Gender," are the stories of a wide range of people who refused to have their identity defined by whether they were born male or female. We are thus presented with a spectrum of colorful gender anomalies: drag queens, transsexuals, cross dressers, gays and lesbians... and those who refuse to be categorized. They want the right to be not "male" or "female," but whatever they choose in between. Why, they ask, must we have a bipolar gender system, when some other cultures can accommodate diversity? Academics including Dr. Walter Williams, anthropologist, and David Halperin, of M.I.T. encourage a reevaluation of traditional thinking, and a distinction between gender orientation and sexual preference. Adventures in the Gender Trade is guaranteed to provoke discussion! College Adult
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Field of Study
LGBT Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Susan Marenco
Author / Creator
Susan Marenco
Date Published / Released
1994
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Gender roles, Transgender persons, Sexuality, Men, Homosexuality, Gay & Lesbian Studies, Women's & Gender Studies
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Copyright © 1994. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Africa in the 21st Century, Mali & Senegal: The Power of Islam
produced by NHK International Inc., in Africa in the 21st Century (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 1 hour 2 mins
Islam has influenced West Africa since the 11th century, but only in the last 100 years has the religion grown so rapidly in Senegal and Mali. One prominent sect, the Murid movement which grew out of Sufism, has millions of followers and wealth accumulated from peanut cultivation. As a force of conservative Islam,...
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produced by NHK International Inc., in Africa in the 21st Century (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 1 hour 2 mins
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Islam has influenced West Africa since the 11th century, but only in the last 100 years has the religion grown so rapidly in Senegal and Mali. One prominent sect, the Murid movement which grew out of Sufism, has millions of followers and wealth accumulated from peanut cultivation. As a force of conservative Islam, its economic and political power must be watched by the West. College Adult
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
NHK International Inc.
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Series
Africa in the 21st Century
Topic / Theme
Religion, Humanities
Copyright Message
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Agent Yellow
directed by Christine Choy, 1953-; produced by Christine Choy, 1953- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2006), 50 mins
Agent Yellow is a powerful indictment of the U.S. government’s systematic prejudice against Chinese-American scientists. The film focuses on the mistreatment of Chinese scientists who contributed significantly to American military research, specifically describing the tragic cases of Dr. Wen Ho Lee and Dr. Tsien...
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directed by Christine Choy, 1953-; produced by Christine Choy, 1953- (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2006), 50 mins
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Agent Yellow is a powerful indictment of the U.S. government’s systematic prejudice against Chinese-American scientists. The film focuses on the mistreatment of Chinese scientists who contributed significantly to American military research, specifically describing the tragic cases of Dr. Wen Ho Lee and Dr. Tsien Hsue-Shen. On June 2, 2006, Dr. Wen Ho Lee, an atomic scientist once suspected of espionage, settled an invasion of privacy lawsuit ag...
Agent Yellow is a powerful indictment of the U.S. government’s systematic prejudice against Chinese-American scientists. The film focuses on the mistreatment of Chinese scientists who contributed significantly to American military research, specifically describing the tragic cases of Dr. Wen Ho Lee and Dr. Tsien Hsue-Shen. On June 2, 2006, Dr. Wen Ho Lee, an atomic scientist once suspected of espionage, settled an invasion of privacy lawsuit against the U.S. government for $1,645,000. Dr. Lee, who worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, brought his case against the government in 1999, the year federal investigators accused him of giving nuclear secrets to China. He spent nine months in solitary confinement awaiting trial. Ultimately, he pleaded guilty to one felony count of illegally gathering and retaining national security data, and he received an apology from the judge in the case. Dr. Lee's case eerily echoes that of Dr. Tsien Hsue-shen's fifty years earlier. After coming to the U.S. from China in 1935 to study at M.I.T. and Cal Tech, Dr. Tsien worked on American government- sponsored research grants for the Navy and Air Force specifically in the development of nuclear weaponry. He worked closely with other scientists at Cal Tech known as the Suicide Squad, whose ideas formed the basis of today's military capability. He was named Director of the Rocket Section of the U.S. National Defense Scientific Advisory Board. During the McCarthy hearings, several scientists of the Suicide Squad were accused of being Communists. Dr. Tsien's close relations with them led to the loss of his security clearance. He was then detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service where he suffered terribly, losing thirty-three pounds and the ability to speak. In 1955 he was traded to China for several American POWs held since the Korean War. On his deportation to China, Dr. Tsien was named to China's Academy of Sciences and immediately started working on weaponry. His knowledge went a long way toward making Red China a member of the nuclear community. College Adult
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Christine Choy, 1953-
Author / Creator
Christine Choy, 1953-
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Chinese people, Communism, Espionage, Scientists, Cold War, 1945-1989, American History, Late 20th Century (1975–2000), Post-war Era (1945–1960), Chinese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2006. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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AIDS in Africa
produced by National Film Board of Canada and Roger Pyke Productions (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1991), 2 hours 14 mins
This compelling documentary reports on the AIDS crisis throughout Africa. The disease is especially rampant in Central Africa. Unlike Europe and the United States, where 90% of AIDS victims are homosexuals, drug abusers and hemophiliacs, in Africa the disease cuts across the entire population, affecting men and wo...
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produced by National Film Board of Canada and Roger Pyke Productions (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1991), 2 hours 14 mins
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This compelling documentary reports on the AIDS crisis throughout Africa. The disease is especially rampant in Central Africa. Unlike Europe and the United States, where 90% of AIDS victims are homosexuals, drug abusers and hemophiliacs, in Africa the disease cuts across the entire population, affecting men and women of reproductive age and their children. The health crisis is striking a continent already wracked by underdevelopment, civil strife...
This compelling documentary reports on the AIDS crisis throughout Africa. The disease is especially rampant in Central Africa. Unlike Europe and the United States, where 90% of AIDS victims are homosexuals, drug abusers and hemophiliacs, in Africa the disease cuts across the entire population, affecting men and women of reproductive age and their children. The health crisis is striking a continent already wracked by underdevelopment, civil strife and corruption. There are therefore huge economic and cultural obstacles to prevention efforts. In its investigation, the film takes viewers to remote and previously off-limits locations in Uganda, Zaire, the Ivory Coast, Burundi, Rwanda, South Africa and several other countries. It is obvious that the crisis in Africa has global ramifications. If the disease is to be checked, it must be by dealing with the poverty, sexual mores and illiteracy that underly its spread. For example, if the most effective means to prevent infection is through the use of condoms, the poor in Africa simply have no access to them. The film gives voice to the Africans themselves who, with courage and dignity, face an uncertain future. College Adult
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Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
National Film Board of Canada, Roger Pyke Productions
Date Published / Released
1991
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Health
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Copyright © 1991. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Ajit
directed by Arvind Sinha, fl. 2004-2009 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997), 44 mins
Shown at eight international film festivals, Ajit is a close-up view of an eight year old boy who works as a domestic in a middle class Calcutta household. It brings home to the viewer the realities of childhood among the impoverished in underdeveloped countries. Good looking and affable, Ajit captures the viewers...
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directed by Arvind Sinha, fl. 2004-2009 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1997), 44 mins
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Shown at eight international film festivals, Ajit is a close-up view of an eight year old boy who works as a domestic in a middle class Calcutta household. It brings home to the viewer the realities of childhood among the impoverished in underdeveloped countries. Good looking and affable, Ajit captures the viewers hearts. He is shown at his endless daily tasks -- sweeping, cleaning, laundry, caring for his employer's children. There is no time fo...
Shown at eight international film festivals, Ajit is a close-up view of an eight year old boy who works as a domestic in a middle class Calcutta household. It brings home to the viewer the realities of childhood among the impoverished in underdeveloped countries. Good looking and affable, Ajit captures the viewers hearts. He is shown at his endless daily tasks -- sweeping, cleaning, laundry, caring for his employer's children. There is no time for school in his life. Yet, surprisingly, Ajit feels fortunate, for in this household he is given ample food as his wages. In the countryside where he was one of nine children, he was often hungry. Beautifully filmed by a rising young Indian filmmaker, Ajit makes its social statement with quiet charm. College Adult
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Arvind Sinha, fl. 2004-2009
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Poverty, Child labor, Private Households, Business & Economics
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All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert
directed by Vivian Ducat, fl. 1997-2012; produced by Vivian Ducat, fl. 1997-2012 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2011), 1 hour 18 mins
With his intensely autobiographical paintings depicting the day-to-day existence of African Americans in the segregated South, Winfred Rembert has preserved an important, if often disturbing, chapter of American history. His indelible images of toiling in the cotton fields, singing in church, dancing in juke joint...
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directed by Vivian Ducat, fl. 1997-2012; produced by Vivian Ducat, fl. 1997-2012 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2011), 1 hour 18 mins
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With his intensely autobiographical paintings depicting the day-to-day existence of African Americans in the segregated South, Winfred Rembert has preserved an important, if often disturbing, chapter of American history. His indelible images of toiling in the cotton fields, singing in church, dancing in juke joints, or working on a chain gang are especially powerful, not just because he lived every moment, but because he experienced so much of th...
With his intensely autobiographical paintings depicting the day-to-day existence of African Americans in the segregated South, Winfred Rembert has preserved an important, if often disturbing, chapter of American history. His indelible images of toiling in the cotton fields, singing in church, dancing in juke joints, or working on a chain gang are especially powerful, not just because he lived every moment, but because he experienced so much of the injustice and bigotry they show as recently as the 1960s and 70s.
Now in his 60s, Rembert has developed a growing following among collectors and connoisseurs, and enjoyed a number of tributes and exhibitions of his work. In All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert, the artist relives his turbulent life, abundantly visualized by his extensive paintings and, in a series of intimate reminiscences, shows us how even the most painful memories can be transformed into something meaningful and beautiful. A glowing portrait of how an artist—and his art—is made, All Me is also a triumphant saga of race in contemporary America.
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Field of Study
Art & Architecture
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Vivian Ducat, fl. 1997-2012
Author / Creator
Vivian Ducat, fl. 1997-2012
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Winfred Rembert, 1945-
Topic / Theme
Segregation, African-Americans, Race relations, Artists, African Americans
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All Power to The People!
directed by Lee Lew-Lee, 1953-; produced by Kristin Bell, fl. 1996, Nico Panigutti, fl. 1988-1996 and Lee Lew-Lee, 1953-, Electronic News Group and ZDF Television (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 1 hour 56 mins
Opening with a montage of four hundred years of race injustice in America, this powerful documentary provides the historical context for the establishment of the 60's civil rights movement. Rare clips of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, and other activists transport one back to those tumultuous times....
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directed by Lee Lew-Lee, 1953-; produced by Kristin Bell, fl. 1996, Nico Panigutti, fl. 1988-1996 and Lee Lew-Lee, 1953-, Electronic News Group and ZDF Television (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 1 hour 56 mins
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Opening with a montage of four hundred years of race injustice in America, this powerful documentary provides the historical context for the establishment of the 60's civil rights movement. Rare clips of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, and other activists transport one back to those tumultuous times. Organized by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, the Black Panther Party embodied every major element of the civil rights movement which pr...
Opening with a montage of four hundred years of race injustice in America, this powerful documentary provides the historical context for the establishment of the 60's civil rights movement. Rare clips of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, and other activists transport one back to those tumultuous times. Organized by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, the Black Panther Party embodied every major element of the civil rights movement which preceded it and inspired the black, brown, yellow, Native American, and women's power movements which followed.
The party struck fear in the hearts of the "establishment" which viewed it as a terrorist group. Interviews with former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, CIA officer Philip Agee, and FBI agents Wes Swearingen and Bill Turner shockingly detail a "secret domestic war" of assassination, imprisonment, and torture as the weapons of repression. Yet, the documentary is not a paean to the Panthers, for while it praises their early courage and moral idealism, it exposes their collapse due to megalomania, corruption, drugs, and narcissism.
Broadcast in 19 countries abroad and winner of 9 awards, the film is an important look at the turmoils of the 60's and its leading players.
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Field of Study
Black History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Kristin Bell, fl. 1996, Nico Panigutti, fl. 1988-1996, Lee Lew-Lee, 1953-, Electronic News Group, ZDF Television
Author / Creator
Lee Lew-Lee, 1953-
Date Published / Released
1996, 2000
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Fred Hampton, 1948-1969, Malcolm X, 1925-1965, Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968, Geronimo Pratt, 1947-2011, Huey P. Newton, 1942-1989
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Race and culture, Criminal investigations, Political parties, Race relations, Social activism and activists, COINTELPRO, FBI, U.S., 1956-1971, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-, Black Power Movement, 1966-1975, Politics & Policy, History, Black Studies, Humanities, African Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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An Alzheimer's Story
produced by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg and Ruth Neuwald (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1987), 1 hour 5 mins
This documentary provides the rare opportunity of following a family with an Alzheimer's victim for two years. When we first meet the Jasper family, it is apparent that Anna has difficulty remembering. Her husband, Jack, is horrified to learn that she has Alzheimer's disease. As she declines, Jack and his daughter...
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produced by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg and Ruth Neuwald (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1987), 1 hour 5 mins
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This documentary provides the rare opportunity of following a family with an Alzheimer's victim for two years. When we first meet the Jasper family, it is apparent that Anna has difficulty remembering. Her husband, Jack, is horrified to learn that she has Alzheimer's disease. As she declines, Jack and his daughter Zena are faced with the agonizing task of putting Anna into a nursing home. The story is told without narration. Its power and poignan...
This documentary provides the rare opportunity of following a family with an Alzheimer's victim for two years. When we first meet the Jasper family, it is apparent that Anna has difficulty remembering. Her husband, Jack, is horrified to learn that she has Alzheimer's disease. As she declines, Jack and his daughter Zena are faced with the agonizing task of putting Anna into a nursing home. The story is told without narration. Its power and poignancy lie in the succession of images - the beautiful and strong woman she was and the pathetic nursing home resident she became. At the beginning of the filming the daughter says to her mother, "I love you," and Anna answers with a smile and a kiss. By the end, when her daughter says, "I love you," Anna no longer responds. What gives this documentary its special quality is the intimate relationship established between the filmmakers and the family. The Jaspers open their hearts to us, and we share this painful episode of their lives. College Adult
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Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, Ruth Neuwald
Date Published / Released
1987
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Family, Health
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1987. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Amanda's Choice
(Filmakers Library, 2001), 1 hour 7 mins
Although many patients who acquire Alzheimer's disease are over the age of sixty-five, this film looks at a rare form of the disease: early onset Alzheimer's. The film focuses on the personal story of Susan, who is only thirty-nine years old, yet is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. We view her story through...
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(Filmakers Library, 2001), 1 hour 7 mins
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Although many patients who acquire Alzheimer's disease are over the age of sixty-five, this film looks at a rare form of the disease: early onset Alzheimer's. The film focuses on the personal story of Susan, who is only thirty-nine years old, yet is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. We view her story through the lens of her daughter, Amanda. In addition to finishing high school and caring for her three-year old son, Amanda must now help car...
Although many patients who acquire Alzheimer's disease are over the age of sixty-five, this film looks at a rare form of the disease: early onset Alzheimer's. The film focuses on the personal story of Susan, who is only thirty-nine years old, yet is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. We view her story through the lens of her daughter, Amanda. In addition to finishing high school and caring for her three-year old son, Amanda must now help care for her middle-aged mother. Sadly, within Amanda's family, her mother’s case is the norm. Many of Amanda's relatives suffered from Alzheimer's, and her Aunt Connie also developed the diseases in her thirties. Fearing she could meet the same fate within the next twenty years, Amanda faces the gut-wrenching and suspenseful decision of whether to undergo a genetic test that can conclusively predict her destiny. The documentary also explores new treatments and preventive measures which may offer hope for Alzheimer's patients in the future.
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Field of Study
Nursing
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Filmakers Library
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