Welcome to the NNLM's All of Us Community Engagement Center screening of LIFE INTERRUPTED in partnership with the Black Women's Health Imperative, Delta Research and Educational Foundation (DREF), National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN), the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) - New Orleans Chapter, and Southern University at New Orleans.
Watch the film live
Order your free ticket above to join us for our Watch Party
Join for the Virtual Panel Discussion in honor of Health Literacy Month
Stick around after the film screening for a 55-minute conversation moderated by Shana Davis, Senior Program Director of Black Women's Health Imperative joined by
- Dr. Carli Zegers, Ph.D., APRN, FNP-BC, Assistant Professor at University of Kansas School of Nursing
- Dr. KiTani Lemiuex, Associate Professor, Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy
- Paula Mozen, Director of Life Interrupted
- Shawn McKinney, MD, Director of Breast Services, UMC New Orleans; Professor of Clinical Surgery, LSU New Orleans
- Tracy R. Harris MSN, FNP-BC, Instructor of Nursing at Delgado Community College's Charity School of Nursing
on breast cancer awareness, prevention, inequities in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease among different communities, and more.
More about this event
This event is in collaboration with the All of Us Research Program, which is inviting one million or more people across the U.S. to help build one of the most diverse health databases in history. Researchers will use this data to learn how our biology, lifestyle, and environment affect health to help personalize medicine in the future. Learn more about this historic program here: JoinAllofUs.org/Together.
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all NNLM All of Us Engagement Center events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program or would like assistance with registering, please contact linda-loi@uiowa.edu two weeks before the scheduled program date.
“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)
- Year2018
- Runtime64 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorPaula Mozen
- ProducerPaula Mozen
- CastDebi Wood, Pat Bear, Paula Mozen
- CinematographerIlya Simakov/Pennsylvania, Karl Swingle/Montana, Erin Palmquist/California
- EditorKristin Wimberg/Paula Mozen
- AnimatorAlex New
- ComposerPatrick de Caumette
- Sound DesignJereco Studios
Welcome to the NNLM's All of Us Community Engagement Center screening of LIFE INTERRUPTED in partnership with the Black Women's Health Imperative, Delta Research and Educational Foundation (DREF), National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN), the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) - New Orleans Chapter, and Southern University at New Orleans.
Watch the film live
Order your free ticket above to join us for our Watch Party
Join for the Virtual Panel Discussion in honor of Health Literacy Month
Stick around after the film screening for a 55-minute conversation moderated by Shana Davis, Senior Program Director of Black Women's Health Imperative joined by
- Dr. Carli Zegers, Ph.D., APRN, FNP-BC, Assistant Professor at University of Kansas School of Nursing
- Dr. KiTani Lemiuex, Associate Professor, Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy
- Paula Mozen, Director of Life Interrupted
- Shawn McKinney, MD, Director of Breast Services, UMC New Orleans; Professor of Clinical Surgery, LSU New Orleans
- Tracy R. Harris MSN, FNP-BC, Instructor of Nursing at Delgado Community College's Charity School of Nursing
on breast cancer awareness, prevention, inequities in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease among different communities, and more.
More about this event
This event is in collaboration with the All of Us Research Program, which is inviting one million or more people across the U.S. to help build one of the most diverse health databases in history. Researchers will use this data to learn how our biology, lifestyle, and environment affect health to help personalize medicine in the future. Learn more about this historic program here: JoinAllofUs.org/Together.
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all NNLM All of Us Engagement Center events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program or would like assistance with registering, please contact linda-loi@uiowa.edu two weeks before the scheduled program date.
“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)
- Year2018
- Runtime64 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorPaula Mozen
- ProducerPaula Mozen
- CastDebi Wood, Pat Bear, Paula Mozen
- CinematographerIlya Simakov/Pennsylvania, Karl Swingle/Montana, Erin Palmquist/California
- EditorKristin Wimberg/Paula Mozen
- AnimatorAlex New
- ComposerPatrick de Caumette
- Sound DesignJereco Studios
