Cancerpants (2011)

Cancerpants: Directed by Nevie Owens. A warm, witty, and insightful human story of triumph that arms women worldwide touched by breast cancer. Through the candid and emotionally aware voice of breast cancer survivor, Rochelle Poulson, cancerpants overcomes the struggles with enduring courage and clarity.

“Let me start by saying, this film was NOT aimed at me. I am male, not a lesbian, have never had cancer really affect my life directly, and honestly donu0026#39;t love tear jerker docs. In short, I watched it because it was not my turn to pick. And Iu0026#39;m so very glad I did.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis film somehow deals head on with the tragedy that is a young woman being diagnosed with late stage breast cancer, without being overly dramatic or depressing, or making you want to turn it off. The film actually flies by, with lots of great actuality (shots of the subjects living their lives rather than just talking about them) and good humor all along.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI really enjoyed the music as well and at the end of the movie I truly wanted to know these people. One other really interesting thing I thought was how the film demonstrates that a new cancer diagnosis affects a whole community of people, not just the person who is sick.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eReally, really well done!”