US citizen´s watch out HBO on Wednesday May 18!
´Three Sisters: Searching for a Cure´ is an enormously moving film that tracks a march toward certain death while celebrating life.
In 1997, 35-year-old Jenifer Estess was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (better known as Lou Gehrig´s disease), a fatal disorder from which there is no rescue: ´´no cure, no medicine, no treatment, no cure -- no nothing.´´ But Jenifer, a theater and film producer with caring contacts in the entertainment world, joined forces with her sisters, Valerie and Meredith, to fight the disease by creating Project A.L.S.
http://www.projectals.org
http://www.projectals.org
a nonprofit organization that has raised $18 million and catalyzed ALS research. These three sisters are witty, defiant and exhilarating to behold.
Just one of the memorable moments from this terrific film: Paul Simon serenading Jenifer, by then in a wheelchair, with ´Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes´ during his performance at a Project A.L.S. fund-raiser.
The film airs 8 p.m. Wednesday on HBO.
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