About Her
About Her | |
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Directed by | Phyllis Ellis |
Narrated by | Kim Cattrall |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | 2011 |
About Her is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Phyllis Ellis and aired in 2011.[1] Narrated by Kim Cattrall, the film profiles a number of women battling the HER2 strain of breast cancer.[2]
A shorter version of the film premiered at Toronto's Breast Fest Film Festival in 2009,[3] before being expanded into a full-length film.[2] The longer film was again screened at Breast Fest, along with a television broadcast on W Network.[1]
The film won the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2012.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "About Her, a new documentary about breast cancer featuring a Chatelaine blogger". Chatelaine, November 1, 2012.
- ^ a b "About Her shows rage, despair, humour of breast cancer patients". Guelph Mercury, September 30, 2011.
- ^ "Local woman bares all in film". toronto.com, November 12, 2009.
- ^ "“Income Property,” “D-Day” win Canadian Screen Awards". RealScreen, February 27, 2013.
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