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  • Film Update: Putting a Stop to Patenting Human Genes
    Filmmaker and POV alum Joanna Rudnick writes in with an update about the ACLU’s recent lawsuit against Myriad Genetics, which challenges Myriad’s patent on the breast cancer genes. In the documentary film In the Family, which had its broadcast premiere on POV in October 2008, I shared my own story of testing positive for the […]
    Ruiyan Xu 4 min read June 5, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • In the Family's Joanna Rudnick Answers Viewer Questions
    Joanna Rudnick is the director of In the Family. After seeing the film, many viewers wrote in to ask her a question or to share their own stories. Read on as Joanna responds to some of the many questions and comments that she received: Joanna writes: Thanks so much to everyone who watched In the […]
    Catherine Jhee 6 min read October 16, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Watch 'In the Family' and 'Critical Condition' Online
    If you missed the premier of two great P.O.V films this week, you have a chance to watch the full films online! In the Family is streaming online until October 31, 2008 while Critical Condition is streaming until November 11, 2008. Both films document intensely personal journeys and stories, and both are engaged with the […]
    POV Guest Blogger 2 min read October 3, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • What's Your POV About 'In the Family'?
    How much would you sacrifice to survive? When filmmaker Joanna Rudnick tested positive for the BRCA gene (the “breast cancer gene”), she knew the information could save her life. She also knew that she was not only confronting mortality at an early age, but would have to make heart-wrenching decisions about the life that lay […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read September 24, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • 'In the Family': Share Your Story
    The decision to undergo genetic testing is a very personal decision with the potential for some very powerful emotional repercussions, as we witness in Joanna Rudnick’s In the Family. Because their mother had survived ovarian cancer, Joanna and her sister understood that they might be at higher risk for developing cancer themselves. After her sister […]
    Catherine Jhee 1 min read September 24, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Ask the Filmmaker: In the Family's Joanna Rudnick
    When Chicago filmmaker Joanna Rudnick tested positive for the “breast cancer gene” at age 27, she set out to make In the Family. Although she had no intention of “starring” in her own movie, she couldn’t find a young, unmarried woman with the mutation who hadn’t had surgery and was willing to be filmed. Joanna […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read September 24, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • POV 2008 Preview: 'In the Family'
    On October 7, 2008, POV will air Joanna Rudnick‘s In the Family. When Joanna tested positive for the “breast cancer gene” at age 27, she knew the information could save her life. She also knew that she would have to make heart-wrenching decisions about whether or not to remove her breasts and ovaries, or risk […]
    POV Guest Blogger 3 min read May 16, 2008 Documentary News Comments