My Left Breast (2002)

Directed by

Peg Norman, Gerry Rogers

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Canada

Runtime

57 min

Rating

3.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows filmmaker Gerry Rogers as she faces a breast cancer diagnosis and undergoes treatment. It shows her personal journey with her partner Peg Norman by her side.

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What happens

My Left Breast is a 2000 Canadian documentary film, directed by Gerry Rogers. Starring Rogers and her partner Peg Norman, the film documents Rogers' experience being diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer. The film was screened theatrically at selected documentary and LGBT film festivals in Canada and the United States, but was distributed primarily as an episode of the CBC Television documentary series The Passionate Eye. Rogers' tour to promote the film included an appearance on The Rosie O'Donnell Show in December 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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