Website:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/lioninthehouse
Tones:
Contemplative,
Inspiring,
Personal
Language:
English
Description:
The phone rang and a doctor in Cincinnati asked the two filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar "Are you familiar with the film, "Hoop Dreams?"
"Yes"
"Well how would you like to do a film following families with kids who have cancer?"
(But our own daughter had just gone through a year of chemo! No way do we want to go back to that hell.)
"Yes"
Eight years later the film, "A Lion in the House," has its premier at Sundance. Filmmaker Julia gets a call.
She has cancer.
This half-hour documentary takes you inside the filmmaking process and inside the intensely personal lives of the families who had said ok to the filmmakers. A bold and clear glimpse into situations which are rarely, if ever, open to an audience.
This piece was originally produced for WYSO.
(I can provide piece without air date reference)
