Life Interrupted

LIFE INTERRUPTED Watch Party

Expired July 1, 2021 10:00 PM
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Welcome to the NNLM & American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) on-demand screening of LIFE INTERRUPTED



Watch the Film

Order your free ticket above to watch the 64-minute film.


Watch the Virtual Panel Discussion

Meet breast cancer survivors and experts from the disability community including


  • Roberta Carlin, Executive Director of the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD)
  • June Kailes, Disability Policy Consultant
  • Wanda Lucas, Founding Member, Georgetown Breast Cancer Advocates and Vice President, Board of Directors for the National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC)


Moderated by Paula Mozen, Director of Life Interrupted


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“I am sorry, but you have breast cancer.” 


In the United States, one in eight women will hear these shattering words in her lifetime.


LIFE INTERRUPTED, a film of great intimacy, features empowering stories of breast cancer survivors told through unflinching graphic imagery from the survivor’s perspective. These women are confronting a life-altering diagnosis, and respond to their disease process and the rebuilding of their lives with honesty, dignity, humor and grace. Each woman sheds light on the emotional and physical roadblocks they overcame and what we can learn today from their persistence.


LIFE INTERRUPTED is distinguished for its diversity and inclusiveness, representing survivors of widely diverging ages from 27 to 68; ethnicities including, African American, Native American, and Jewish American with a wide range of socio-economic and geographic backgrounds.


Film Festival Awards

Best Documentary Feature FLIC Film Festival, Montana (2020),

Best in Show Docs Without Borders Film Festival, Delaware (2019)

Best in Show WRPN Women’s International Film Festival, Delaware (2019),

Best Documentary Feature Long Beach Indie International Film Festival (2018)

  • Year
    2018
  • Runtime
    64 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Paula Mozen
  • Producer
    Paula Mozen
  • Cast
    Debi Wood, Pat Bear, Paula Mozen
  • Cinematographer
    Ilya Simakov/Pennsylvania, Karl Swingle/Montana, Erin Palmquist/California
  • Editor
    Kristin Wimberg/Paula Mozen
  • Animator
    Alex New
  • Composer
    Patrick de Caumette
  • Sound Design
    Jereco Studios