| Summary: | "I am sorry, but you have breast cancer." In the United States, one in eight women will hear these shattering words in her lifetime. LIFE INTERRUPTED is a powerful film about surviving breast cancer, told through intimate storytelling and unflinching graphic imagery from the survivor's perspective. Survivors including the filmmaker herself are confronting a life-altering diagnosis and refuse to step down. These resilient women share their journeys as they traverse the world of breast cancer, responding to their disease process and the rebuilding of their lives with honesty, dignity, humor, and grace. Breast cancer is not only an epidemic but a culturally specific disease. LIFE INTERRUPTED features diverse survivors ages 27-68 with ethnicities, including: African American, Native American, Latina and Jewish, and are shown in a range of socio-economic and geographic backgrounds.
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