About Her (2011)

Directed by

Phyllis Ellis

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows several women as they deal with an aggressive form of breast cancer. It shows their treatments, fears, and the ways they support each other through the experience.

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What happens

About Her is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Phyllis Ellis and aired in 2011. Narrated by Kim Cattrall, the film profiles a number of women battling the HER2 strain of breast cancer. A shorter version of the film premiered at Toronto's Breast Fest Film Festival in 2009, before being expanded into a full-length film. The longer film was again screened at Breast Fest, along with a television broadcast on W Network. The film won the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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