POV - Season 21 Episode 12
How much would you sacrifice to survive? When Chicago filmmaker Joanna Rudnick tested positive for the "breast cancer gene" at age 27, she knew the information could save her life. And she knew she was not only confronting mortality at an early age, but also was going to have to make heart-wrenching decisions about the life that lay ahead of her. Should she take the irreversible preventive step of having her breasts and ovaries removed or risk developing cancer? What would happen to her romantic life, her hopes for a family? In the Family documents Rudnick's efforts to reach out to other women while facing her deepest fears. A co-production of Joanna Rudnick, Kartemquin Films and Independent Television Service (ITVS).
First Air Date : 1988-07-05
Last Air date : 2024-12-30
Runtime : 57 minutes
Genre : Documentary
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- Season 21 : Episode 12008-06-24
- Season 21 : Episode 22008-07-01
- Season 21 : Episode 32008-07-08
- Season 21 : Episode 42008-07-15
- Season 21 : Episode 52008-07-22
- Season 21 : Episode 62008-07-29
- Season 21 : Episode 72008-08-05
- Season 21 : Episode 82008-08-12
- Season 21 : Episode 92008-08-19
- Season 21 : Episode 102008-09-16
- Season 21 : Episode 112008-09-30
- Season 21 : Episode 122008-10-01
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