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RECOMMENDED FILM PROJECTS

The Aphrodite Project
An inspiring, award-winning documentary following the journey of 8 cancer survivors as they explore creative mediums of art and music. Guided by artists and musicians living in the same community, they discover myriad life-changing insights, healing and a profound appreciation for living life.

Chasing Rainbows: Young Adults Living With Cancer
A dynamic and upbeat documentary film that offers an intimate portrayal of six young adult cancer survivors who are "living life while fighting for it." With passion and infectious laughter, these six inspiring individuals provide a unique and refreshing perspective about what it is like to live with cancer when you are a young adult trying to figure out how to get busy living. (Available with Spanish subtitles and in French.)

Crazy Sexy Cancer
An irreverant and uplifting documentary about a young woman looking for a cure and finding her life. Written and produced by actress/photographer and young adult survivor Kris Carr, this biopic is about rising to the challenge of life, and no matter what, refusing to give up who you are at your core.

Face The Sun
The first feature film to look closely at breast cancer and its impact on families. This tender, heart-warming and inspirational film offers messages of courage, hope and forgiveness, while encouraging us to live life to the fullest. Perhaps most importantly, this story highlights the struggles of those that have been waiting too long to tell their story.

In The Family
At 31, Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. A deeply moving piece of first-person journalism with dashes of science and investigative work thrown in, In the Family follows Joanna as she connects with other women trying to navigate the unpredictable world of predictive genetic testing.

Jonna's Body
A tongue-in-cheek and bizarre tour-de-force black dramedy set inside the body of Jonna Tamases as she undergoes cancer treatment. Her inner life's daily chaos is corralled by Pearl, Jonna's loyal, sassy internal receptionist, as she fields calls from a parade of off-beat body parts with never-ending needs.

A Lion In The House
A groundbreaking, award-winning documentary telling the intimate story of five families facing childhood cancer across six years. This stunning, provocative film stands apart as a powerful example of how the media can create lasting change in the public's understanding of cancer.

Wrong Way to Hope
8 young adult cancer survivors embark on an extradordinary kayaking expedition down the Owyhee River and share stories about their fight with cancer.
 
RECOMMENDED READING

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Sky Dancer: A Gutsy Memoir about Cancer, Love & Learning That Death is as Natural as Eagles Soaring in the Sky
Art.Rage.Us.: Art and Writing by Women with Breast Cancer
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
No Mountain High Enough: Raising Lance, Raising Me
I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse?
From Seven to Heaven: A True Cancer Survivor Story
Breast Cancer, There and Back: A Woman-to-Woman Guide
Congratulations, You Have Cancer!
Cancer's Gift
Breastless in the City: A Young Woman's Story of Love, Loss, and Breast Cancer
I Don't Have Time for This: My Battle with Cancer
It's Not Like That, Actually: A Memoir of Surviving Cancer - And Beyond
Cancer Has Its Privileges: Stories of Hope and Laughter
Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir
The Roller Coaster Chronicles
A Dietitian's Cancer Story
I'd Rather Do Chemo Than Clean Out the Garage:: Choosing Laughter over Tears
Cancer Schmancer
Not Just a Patient: How to Have a Life When You Have a Life-Threatening Disease
A Season in Hell: A Memoir


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Meg Brown
Dancing with the Enemy: Letting the Good Outweigh the Bad

Stephen Brown
My New Race

Tricia Couch
ICANCERVIVE:
A story of friendship, cancer and survival


Leonore Dvorkin
Why I'm Glad I Had Breast Cancer

Melissa Godoy
Lion In The House Companion Book

Beth Leibson-Hawkins
I'm Too Young To Have Breast Cancer

Lorraine Kember
Lean On Me : Cancer Through A Carer's Eyes

Roger Madof
Leukemia For Chickens:
One Wimp's Tale About Living Through Cancer


Jami Reno
Hope Begins In The Dark

Kevin Sharp
Tragedy's Gift

Julie K. Silver, MD
After Cancer Treatment

David Andrew Stoller, Editor
Noble: Survivors Write
 
       
   
   
   
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Registration Is Open for OMG2012
Vegas, baby! Registration is open for the 5th Annual OMG! Cancer Summit for Young Adults from 3/30 - 4/1 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. This event will fill up very quickly, we promise! Visit http://omg2012.org and get pumped for hippest event in all of cancerland! Also check out the OMG Players Club, an exciting new fundraising challenge where you could earn free registration, up to $600 in travel reimbursement, an iPad2 or even a MacBook Air! [Website]
TSC2012 & The NYC 1/2 Marathon
Join Team Stupid Cancer: the nation's first running team organized to exclusively support the young adult cancer community and the mission of the I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation. Guaranteed entry into the 2012 NYC Half-Marathon! Limited slots. Low fundraising requirements. [Website]
Stupid Cancer Show wins StayClassy Award!
The Stupid Cancer Show won "Most Innovative Use Of Social Media" at the 2011 Stay Classy Awards in San Diego on Saturday, September 17th. This prestigious honor only further solidifies our broadcast as a paradigm shifting media platform in healthcare. Thank you to Stay Classy and the thousands of fans out there who voted for us and made this possible! [Website]
 
Our Review of 50/50
After attending an advanced screening, and with permission from Summit Entertainment, Matthew Zachary is proud to share his official "he's not a film critic" review of the game-changing cancer comedy flick, 50/50 [StupidCancerBlog]
A Conversation With Matthew Zachary
Writer Edward Winstead of the prestigious NCI Bulletin (a publication of the National Cancer Institute) recently sat down with i[2]y CEO Matthew Zachary to get the low down on what he's got up his sleeve for the growing young adult cancer movement [NationalCancerInstitute]