Documentary filmmaker, professor at Johns Hopkins
University and author, Bernadette Wegenstein’s (“Getting Under the Skin: Body
and Media Theory,” “The Cosmetic Gaze: Body Modification and the Construction
of Beauty,” etc.) compelling look at the lives and experiences of breast cancer
patients and their surgeons, The Good Breast,
will be making its way to DVD courtesy of Icarus Films on June 18.
Breast cancer patients and their doctors, including surgeon
Lauren Schnaper —Director of the GBMC Sandra and Malcolm Berman Comprehensive
Breast Care Center and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of
Maryland School of Medicine — share their intimate experiences from the
diagnosis of cancer, through consultation, surgery and reconstruction.
Each story; each experience is different and the
interaction between patient and doctor, can, at times be contentious. The “myth” of early detection and issues
relating to the “breast cancer awareness movement” (which can be
counterproductive at times) are also explored.
Bonus features include deleted scenes and behind the
scenes footage.
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