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The Breast Cancer Diaries ScreeningTHE BREAST CANCER DIARIES SCREENINGPortland Center Stage, July 28, 7:30pm Tickets: $20 www.pcs.org Portland Center Stage: Gerding Theater at the Armory, 128 NW Eleventh Avenue, Portland BendFilm supports the truly passionate voice of independent film making at its finest. One film we screened at our 2007 Festival stood out as a heartwarming, uplifting and empowering tale of one woman’s journey through breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and recovery. For ten years, Ann Murray-Paige covered the news -- but for the biggest story of her life she turned the camera on herself. When Murray-Paige, a former television reporter and anchor, learns she has breast cancer at age 38, she sets up a diary camera in her bedroom. Ann’s video diaries -- raw and true -- are punctuated with humor, poignancy and romance. THE BREAST CANCER DIARIES is a chronicle of illness met with attitude, symbolized by the “Cancer Sucks” button that Ann pins on her shirt. Throughout it all there is humor -- from a hospital flashing scene to a young son’s attempt to heal his mother with a whoopee cushion. The resulting documentary is an unfettered, unvarnished memoir of the year that changed one woman’s life. On Monday, July 28, at 7:30pm BendFilm brings THE BREAST CANCER DIARIES to the Gerding Theatre at The Armory (Portland Center Stage). BendFilm aims to share this documentary with a sold out audience and to follow it with a panel made up of leading breast cancer specialists to discuss and increase awareness of breast cancer, and their own venture. The Oregon and SW Washington Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for Cure Executive Director, Christine McDonald, will also share their mission on the panel. The discussion will be moderated by breast cancer survivor and BendFilm Executive Director, Sandy Henderson. The screening and panel discussion will provide a platform for the community to connect with each other around a topic that touches everyone. The screening of THE BREAST CANCER DIARIES is a benefit for BendFilm, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Bend, but they will also be donating a portion of the proceeds to the Oregon and SW Washington Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and will present Executive Director, Christine McDonald, with a check after the screening. The Portland Center Stage Café will remain open following the screening for further discussion with panelists and friends over a beverage. |
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