Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic
Year | 2014 |
Starring | Christine Baze, Kelly Pozzoli, Kristen Forbes, Susie Carrillo, Tamika Felder |
Director(s) | Frederic Lumiere |
Genre(s) | Documentary Feature, Official Selection |
Runtime | 80 min |
Producer(s) | Frederic Lumiere, Jennifer Haubrich, Marjorie Schnelle, Mark Hefti, Vivian Cintron |
Writer(s) | Mark Hefti |
“I wish the cancer would have killed you!” These are the chilling words of Susie’s husband when he learned that her cancer was caused by HPV, a sexually transmitted virus.
This poignant documentary takes a look into the lives of five women affected by HPV, the widely misunderstood and controversial virus that causes several types of cancer, including cervical.
Each of these women has an intimate story to tell. For Susie, Tamika and Christine, it is a story of survivorship that comes with misconceptions, stigma, shame, heartbreak, pain and triumph. For the Forbes’ family, it’s about coping with the loss of their daughter Kristen and trying to prevent it from happening to others like her. For Kelly, who at 31 years began her cancer journey, it is about her epic battle to save her marriage, her career, her family and ultimately, her life.