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Appointment with the Wise Old Dog
David Blum was an internationally renowned orchestra conductor and author. Diagnosed with cancer at the age of 52, he discovered that drawing images from his dreams helped him cope with his illness in a profoundly honest unexpected way. In this documentary Blum explains, "It's an amazing fact that at a time of dire crisis, people often unexpectedly find themselves supported by a power that makes it possible for them to cope."
From the PBS series with Bill Moyers called, “Healing and the Mind,” Moyers talks with Jon Kabat-Zinn about his Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program and how they are teaching patients to use their minds to improve the healing capacities within their bodies.
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, tells the complete story of cancer, from its first description in an ancient Egyptian scroll to the gleaming laboratories of modern research institutions. The series by Ken Burns artfully weaves three different films in one: a riveting history documentary; an engrossing and intimate vérité film; and a scientific and investigative report.
Somewhere between the successes of cancer treatment and its limitations is the person – the solitary individual whose medical needs may be tended, but whose needs for emotional support are overshadowed by the enormous, cumbersome, and unrelenting machine called cancer treatment. This documentary explores the lives of 50 women undergoing treatment for breast cancer at the Duke Cancer Center in Durham, North Carolina, and their experience with the Pathfinders cancer support program.