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Ann Kaneko

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A Shortness of Breath
Ann Kaneko
1993, 15 min., BW, US
Mixing documentary and narrative this film is a candid account of one woman's struggle with breast cancer and her own imminent death. Delving into various attitudes towards death and dying, the filmmaker interviews her own aging parents, an aunt battling breast cancer and tells the story of a young ...

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