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No Hair Day: Laughing (and Crying) Our Way Through Breast Cancer
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List Price: $19.95
Medicine Alternatives Price: $18.95
Your Savings: $ 1.00 ( 5% )
Availability: Usually ships in 4 to 6 weeks
Manufacturer: Wgbh Boston
Starring: No Hair Day, Debbie Dorsey, Carol Potoff and Elsa Dorfman Libby Levinson
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Average Customer Rating: 
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781578077304
Format: Color
ISBN: 1578077303
Label: Wgbh Boston
Manufacturer: Wgbh Boston
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Wgbh Boston
Release Date: 2001-05-29
Running Time: 60
Studio: Wgbh Boston
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
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Editorial Reviews:
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Riveting, brave, touching, funny, heartwarming, stirring, moving and inspiring, portraits don’t get more intimate than No Hair Day. With astonishing pride, candor and courage, three women, brought together by medical fate, reveal that the new face of cancer isn’t always frowning. One of nine American women will develop breast cancer. Here’s how three fought for their lives.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: It's what is in your head, not what's on top of it.
Comment: "No Hair Day" is not about plot development, story line, or action. Rather, this is a film about character. As Debbie, Libby, and Carol, three women with breast cancer, slowly shed wigs, clothing, and inhibitions, we are priviledged to see their inner beings revealed.Through the double lenses of Elsa Dorfman's enormous Polaroid camera and that of the filmmaker, we watch and listen as the women share their stories. All three are undergoing chemotherapy and struggle with the emotional and physical (hence the title) impact of the disease. They manage to find strength and comfort in their bond, and so do we. For all women who are wives, mothers, daughters, and friends, who have had breast cancer or know someone who has, this is an important and life affirming film. When asked on camera "How has cancer changed your life?" Debbie first laughs, then cries. I did too.
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Summary: Inspirational
Comment: Deb Dorsey and Bob Burns have made an extraordinary film about three women's struggle with breast cancer. Laced with humor and pathos, this film is a must see for anyone who wants to be fully engaged in the process of life. The glimpse into the lives of three women confronting breast cancer is inspirational, instructive, and humbling. Crisis often brings out the best in people. This film is a paean to the indomitability of the human spirit.
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Summary: Reader's Digest Was Right: Laughter IS The Best Medicine
Comment: Bob Burns and Debbie Dorsey have teamed up to create an extraordinary documentary valentine for anyone who has suffered with their own or a family member's bout with cancer. When this husband-and-wife production team was faced with Debbie's breast cancer, Bob's camera and Debbie's editing skills became a powerfully cooperative tool of communication and healing. This loving tale of several women coming to grips with the loss of their hair post-chemotherapy is the compelling tale of survivors with a breathless sense of humour and of wonder. Thank you to everyone involved for so nimbly sharing such powerful life lessons.
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Summary: Anything but depressing!
Comment: A friend of mine wouldn't watch this because she thought it would be too upsetting. No, no, no. Here are three women giving life all they've got -- and a fourth, Elsa Dorfman, taking her trademark giant Polaroids of them in dozens of poses and guises -- as the video cameraman, Dorsey's husband, captures it all. Of course it's not all happy talk (this is cancer, after all), but it's real and joyful and absolutely riveting. Even better the second time around.
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Summary: A Must-See Film
Comment: Three women fighting breast cancer spend a day at photographer Elsa Dorfman's studio, posing for her large-format Polaroid camera while they laugh, cry, tell bad jokes, make fun of themselves, and reveal their hearts. Whether or not you have cancer or know anyone who does, this story will inspire you to live your life fully. I know that sounds trite, but the energy, spirit, and grace these three women display truly makes this one worth seeing. It's upbeat without being dishonest, true without being preachy, and educational without being didactic. I'd like to grow up to be like these three.
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