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Mama Review: A Self-Portrait from the Oncology Ward

by Pat Mullen
April 27, 2025
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Ana Christina Benitez offers a personal film diary of her experience with breast cancer after being diagnosed at 36 years old in Mama.

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André Is an Idiot Review: When Cancer Is a Pain in the Butt

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André Is an Idiot, the story of André Ricciardi and his rude awakening after an overly delayed colonoscopy, is both tragic and hilarious.

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Vicky Review: A Mother Fights for Her Life–and for Women’s Rights

by Pat Mullen
May 4, 2023
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Vicky follows the courageous fight of Vicky Phelan, who was among a group of 200 Irish women misdiagnosed and now faces terminal cancer.

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Dosed: The Trip of a Lifetime Review – The Magic of Mushrooms

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Of Medicine and Miracles Review: What Keeps “Us” Alive

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June 13, 2022
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Academy Award winner Ross Kauffman delivers a stirring portrait of Dr. Carl June and his groundbreaking cancer research in Of Medicine and Miracles.

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Pink Ribbons, Inc.

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Pink Ribbons, Inc. challenges us to ask harder questions, to be skeptical, rather than just say what’s the harm in raising money for breast cancer research?

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Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions spotlights the career of the Rough Trade rocker.

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