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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9781578077304 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 1578077303 Label: Wgbh Boston Manufacturer: Wgbh Boston Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Wgbh Boston Release Date: May 29, 2001 Running Time: 60 minutes Sales Rank: 38426 Studio: Wgbh Boston Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Description: Riveting, brave, touching, funny, heartwarming, stirring, moving and inspiring, portraits don’t get more intimate than No Hair Day. With astonishing pride, candor and courage, three women, brought together by medical fate, reveal that the new face of cancer isn’t always frowning. One of nine American women will develop breast cancer. Here’s how three fought for their lives.
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Rating: - It's what is in your head, not what's on top of it.
"No Hair Day" is not about plot development, story line, or action. Rather, this is a film about character. As Debbie, Libby, and Carol, three women with breast cancer, slowly shed wigs, clothing, and inhibitions, we are priviledged to see their inner beings revealed.
Through the double lenses of Elsa Dorfman's enormous Polaroid camera and that of the filmmaker, we watch and listen as the women share their stories. All three are undergoing chemotherapy and struggle with the emotional and physical (hence the title) impact of the disease. They manage to find strength and comfort in their ... Read More
Rating: - Inspirational
Deb Dorsey and Bob Burns have made an extraordinary film about three women's struggle with breast cancer. Laced with humor and pathos, this film is a must see for anyone who wants to be fully engaged in the process of life. The glimpse into the lives of three women confronting breast cancer is inspirational, instructive, and humbling. Crisis often brings out the best in people. This film is a paean to the indomitability of the human spirit.
Rating: - Reader's Digest Was Right: Laughter IS The Best Medicine
Bob Burns and Debbie Dorsey have teamed up to create an extraordinary documentary valentine for anyone who has suffered with their own or a family member's bout with cancer. When this husband-and-wife production team was faced with Debbie's breast cancer, Bob's camera and Debbie's editing skills became a powerfully cooperative tool of communication and healing. This loving tale of several women coming to grips with the loss of their hair post-chemotherapy is the compelling tale of survivors with a breathless sense of humour and of wonder. Thank you to everyone involved for so nimbly sharing such ... Read More
Rating: - Anything but depressing!
A friend of mine wouldn't watch this because she thought it would be too upsetting. No, no, no. Here are three women giving life all they've got -- and a fourth, Elsa Dorfman, taking her trademark giant Polaroids of them in dozens of poses and guises -- as the video cameraman, Dorsey's husband, captures it all. Of course it's not all happy talk (this is cancer, after all), but it's real and joyful and absolutely riveting. Even better the second time around.
Rating: - A Must-See Film
Three women fighting breast cancer spend a day at photographer Elsa Dorfman's studio, posing for her large-format Polaroid camera while they laugh, cry, tell bad jokes, make fun of themselves, and reveal their hearts. Whether or not you have cancer or know anyone who does, this story will inspire you to live your life fully. I know that sounds trite, but the energy, spirit, and grace these three women display truly makes this one worth seeing. It's upbeat without being dishonest, true without being preachy, and educational without being didactic. I'd like to grow up to be like these three.
