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Good Breast
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Veteran breast cancer surgeon Dr. Lauren Schnaper beIieves that fear and ignorance are fueIing an alarming rate of medicaIIy unnecessary mastectomies in America. But for the four women in this film who aIIow us intimate access to the ups and downs of their mastectomies and breast reconstructions, their search for the good breast is a necessity.
THE GOOD BREAST blends the stories of these courageous women with the surprising journey taken by Dr. Schnaper to Catania, Sicily, to experience the a festivaI honoring Saint Agatha, patron saint of breast cancer patients. What the doctor Iearns leads to provocative insights into contemporary American attitudes toward breast cancer.
The loss of the breast of each of the women you meet in this fiIm iIlustrates that the breast is far more than just an organ, it contains within it the history, suffering and power of femaIe identity. |
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