About the Film
At 29, Stephen Heywood discovers he has the paralyzing neural disorder ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Filmed over 5 years, the documentary chronicles one family’s ferocious response to an orphan disease: the kind of disease drug companies ignore because there’s not enough profit in curing it.
In reaction, and with no medical background, Stephen’s brother Jamie creates a guerilla-science research group and in two years builds it from three people in a basement to a multi-million dollar ALS mouse facility, the largest anywhere. Finding a drug in time becomes Jamie’s all-consuming obsession.
Film Info
Dates
Dec 7, 2006Showtimes
7pmRated
Not RatedRun Time
87 minDirected by
Steven Ascher and Jeanne JordanPrice
FREE
Underwritten By
This film is available for underwriting.
Film Underwriter
Your business name will appear:
- in the description of the film on our printed calendar
- on our website as the film’s underwriter with a link to your web site
- in our weekly e-blast, which goes out to 3,800 people
- in the coming attractions portion of our pre-film slide show
Your images will be projected 18 times prior to each screening, for a total of 432 projections during an eight-week period.
Price: $500
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