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Chalice of Repose

Told through vivid, real-life footage, Chalice of Repose documents the efforts of the Chalice of Repose Project, showing how contemplative musician-clinicians offer an “anointing of sound” that can help dramatically alleviate the pain of dying.

 

Between Us

Mary Katzke got both the idea and the money for her latest documentary unexpectedly: via a life-threatening illness.

Misdiagnosed in 1991, Katzke later found she had advanced breast cancer, requiring massive chemotherapy. Dropped by her insurance company, she sued her doctor to cover medical bills, promising herself that if she survived five years, she’d make a film for other women in the same crisis. With her settlement, she created a life-affirming video, Between Us, for hospitals to give to new breast cancer patients.

Artemisia

An artist (Michel Serrault) encourages his daughter’s (Valentina Cervi) delvings into areas previously forbidden female painters in 17th-century Rome.

A Story of Healing

Nguyen Van Ket, a 16-year-old boy from the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, was born with a cleft palate that kept him isolated and lonely. Hearing that the arrival of an American medical team was imminent, Nguyen walks through the jungle to the provincial hospital, where he and 110 other children undergo life-transforming surgery to correct …

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