Chaz Ebert leads a “500 Thumbs Up for Roger Ebert!” tribute today at the American Pavilion at Cannes.
Film: Life Itself
Quote by Linda Pedraza from In the Family, streaming free on P.O.V. through May 26. Pedraza lost her battle with cancer in 2006 and is remembered in the documentary as a supporter and fighter for women touched by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
Filmmaker Joanna Rudnick comments on Angelina Jolie’s New York Times o-ed.
“She is going to save so many lives. I’m farklempt,” Rudnick said.
Rudnick shared her story after she tested positive for the BRCA1 mutation in the Emmy-nominated documentary In The Family.
Read more: http://forward.com/articles/176650/jewish-women-call-angelina-jolie-inspiration-for-b/?p=all#ixzz2TLGgaH17
Angelina Jolie has undergone a preventive double mastectomy because she carries the BRCA1 mutation.
Don’t know what a BRCA1 mutation is? Filmmaker Joanna Rudnick shared her story after she tested positive for the mutation as well. Her story was captured in the Emmy-nominated documentary In The Family, which is available for free here.



