In the Family
Description
At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with a genetic test result that leaves her vulnerable and confused, she balances dreams of having her own children with the unnerving reality that she is risking her life by holding on to her fertility. In the Family follows Joanna as she connects with other women trying to navigate the unpredictable world of predictive genetic testing. Intensely personal and timely, this provocative film asks, how much do you sacrifice to survive? In July 2008, the film screened on Capitol Hill as part of an effort to pass successfully the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act. It was later leveraged to raise public awareness about the dangers of BRCA gene patents in the Supreme Court case that resulted in invalidating those patents in 2013.
Runtime
1 hr 22 min 55 sec
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