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38 Films about Illness
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A Motherland Tour
Known as the "Princess of Africa," South African singer and superstar Yvonne Chaka Chaka, grew up in a township of Soweto before using her music to bring about positive change for those suffering poverty and disease throughout Africa
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Thursday
A young man struggles to make ends meet for himself and his father, who has severe Alzheimer’s
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Good Intentions
With no health insurance and a terminally ill husband, Camille must make a difficult choice
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens’ immortal story of Ebenezer Scrooge—the meanest man in London whose heart comes to know the true meaning of Christmas—is the most-told and best-loved Christmas story of all time
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Miracle Dogs Too
As residents pet and play with the dogs, they find they are being healed
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Miracle Dogs
Annie’s puppies discover that they bring magical healing powers to everyone they meet
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Magic Gift of the Snowman
A snowman helps a sick little girl and her older brother at Christmas time
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Into the Arms of Strangers
After suffering serious brain damage, Andy's memories are creeping back; the more they come back, the less he likes them
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Counting Backwards
Diagnosed with Leukemia, Joe begins writing a novel about his experiences, ultimately discovering his life is worth fighting for
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Black Dawn - The Next Pandemic
BLACK DAWN employs all the tools of documentary and drama to paint a starkly realistic picture of life during a pandemic
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For My Wife
Disallowed to stay by her dying spouse's side as she was not blood-related, Charlene decided to fight for marriage equality
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Denied
Simultaneously battling cancer and abandonment by her insurance company, one woman fights for her right to health care
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Dying to Have Known
Is the long-suppressed form of cancer treatment known as Gerson Therapy as effective as some cancer survivors claim it to be?
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The Beautiful Truth
The World's Simplest Cure for Cancer
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Visiting Shane
When told her son was going to die, Shane's mother wished for a miracle. It arrived in the form of three strangers.
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Heroin Town
Heroin Town follows the people of Willimantic, Connecticut as they try to restore the damage that destroyed their hometown
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SoLa: Louisiana Water Stories
Everywhere you look in Southern Louisiana there's water - rivers, bayous, swamps, the Mississippi River, the Gulf of Mexico.
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Questioning Faith
Questioning Faith reveals an underlying principle common to us all: the "power of presence."
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Sweet Misery
Sweet Misery is a close examination into the safety of Aspartame sweetener
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The Gerson Miracle
The Gerson Miracle examines why we are so ill and how we have in our grasp the power to recover our health.
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Hard Metals Disease
A shocking story of the Valenite Corporation, which exposes the hidden truths of occupational disease in the workplace.
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Popular Psychology
How much faith should one put in popular psychology? The question is left open for discussion.
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The Puzzle of Pain
Dr. Ronald Melzack discusses the psychological phenomena of pain and their underlying neurophysical mechanisms.
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The True Story of Linda M
The True Story of Linda M. takes us on a remarkable journey into the heart and soul of a woman struggling with personal demons.
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As the Call, So the Echo
An American doctor in Vietnam
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Everything's Fine
Seydou Konate is at the center of a global issue: bringing quality health care to rural people left behind by development
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![When I Came Home]()
When I Came Home
A soldier's fight for survival after returning from the war
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A Paralyzing Fear
Seldom has society come full circle in the cycle of a disease from illness, to an epidemic to cure. Polio is the exception
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Bed: A Place Called Home
Billie experiences joy and meaning even when her tumors make bed a place called home.
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A Certain Kind of Beauty
When you can't muscle through life, what can you do?
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Life is for the Living
The debate over stem cells and the story of five American families living with diabetes, parkinson, and spinal cord injuries
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The Watershed
The way tragedy can shape us
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Living With Lew
"Surf life" is one man's response to being diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) at the age of 33
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Tyttonen (The Young Girl)
This little movie portrays the ways in which people handle illness as they grow older.
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Under Our Skin
A dramatic tale of microbes, medicine and money
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Refrigerator Mothers
Mothers of Autistic children in the 50s and 60s are blamed for their child's illness.
