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Joan and Tom have been married for many years. When Joan is unexpectedly diagnosed with breast cancer, the course of her treatment shines a light on their relationship as they are faced with the challenges that lie ahead and the prospect of what might happen if the best possible outcome doesn't occur.
2) Ma ma
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Just as Magda is diagnosed with breast cancer, she meets Arturo, a devoted husband and father in the midst of unspeakable loss. Their chance encounter leads both down a path of strength, grace, love, and rebirth.
Una maestra en paro, tras ser diagnosticada de cáncer de mama, reacciona sacando toda la vida que lleva dentro, desde lo imaginable a lo inimaginable. Su lucha valiente y optimista hará posible que ella y su entorno más íntimo vivan...
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Suspended between life and death, a Mexican American mother explores uncertainty through dance. FOREIGN PUZZLE is an intimate documentary that captures the journey of an inspiring Mexican American dancer as she communicates the impermanence of life through dance while juggling the roles of a recently divorced parent of a 6-year-old, a choreographer and a primary school teacher amidst intensive treatments for breast cancer.
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Annie Parker finds out she has breast cancer, a devastating blow to a woman who's already lost her mother and sister to the same disease. Mary-Claire King is a geneticist researching the still unknown link between DNA and cancer in the wake of skeptical colleagues and funding challenges.
6) Living proof
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Based on the true story of Dr. Dennis Slamon, an oncologist and researcher who must make sacrifices in his personal life while on his quest to find a cure for breast cancer.
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Pink ribbons are everywhere: T-shirts, hats, yogurt cups, KFC buckets, car ads, NFL stadiums - the list goes on and on. They make people feel good, as if engaged in a successful battle against breast cancer. But who is really benefiting? More and more women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. Wouldn't it be something if some of the very companies that profit from their pink marketing campaigns have actually contributed to the epidemic by...
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The Book Keepers follows the uplifting journey of a husband who keeps his wife's dream alive by becoming the spokesperson for her book after her death. Carol Wall's debut memoir, about cancer, friendship, and cultivating an open heart, was a breakout success. But joy turned to tragedy when the breast cancer she wrote about returned, and she died months after its publication. Carol's husband, Dick, determined to help her life-affirming message find...
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A documentary that investigates the controversy swirling around the breast cancer screening tool mammography, which is used today as medicine's Standard of Care. This film then looks at two less invasive tests, which, when used side by side, could act as a new screening protocol: thermography and ultrasound.
12) Five
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An anthology of five short films depicting the impact breast cancer has on people's lives.
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"This program shows new and expectant mothers how to successfully continue breastfeeding once they return to work. Through step-by-step instructions, viewers will learn how to plan during pregnancy, prepare during maternity leave, and how to pump and store their milk once they are back at work"--Container.
17) Breast men
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A young medical resident (Schwimmer) in the plastic surgery unit is bored with facial reconstruction. He takes the concept of breast augmentation to his senior surgeon (Cooper) and together they embark on a partnership that will change the shape of America. Based on a true story.
18) 1 message
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"Becca had it all: beauty, a successful fiancé, and the job of her dreams. Everything was going according to her plan until the day she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In the blink of an eye, her entire life came crashing down around her. The fiancé ran off with some new fling. The dream job wouldn't wait for her to get better. The toll cancer took on her body made her feel like less than a woman. Broken and alone, she refused to leave the house....
19) Home
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Inga is a poet. She wants to buy and restore a house she is drawn to that reminds her of her childhood home, but her distant husband Hermann sees little value in it or many of the things Inga loves. Her crumbling marrigae is a stark contrast to the relationship that she shares with her 8-year-old daughter, with whom she shares her hopes, fears and inner-most thoughts following her recovery from breast cancer. By day their lives seem magical, but at...
20) Changing hearts
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A relationship develops between good-natured Amber and the irritable, bossy older woman she befriends when they are both diagnosed with breast cancer.