Bearing Witness: Jocelyn Morton
By Dan Curtis
National Film Board of Canada

"Some days you just want to wake up. It's all been a dream, you know? Put it back the way it was supposed to be..." Jocelyn Morton

Jocelyn Morton's life wasn't supposed to go this way. At age 44, she has been battling cancer for a decade. This intimate yet powerful film follows her over the course of her last four months, as she struggles to balance the realities of her life as a cancer patient with her need to live as ordinary a life as possible. Jocelyn is an accomplished sculptor and a deeply private person, who hesitates to share the burden of her illness with her close-knit family and friends, yet she is committed to honestly sharing her experiences with the camera, as she prepares to surrender life and the relationships she treasures.

51 minutes
© 2003
Purchase $199 VHS / Purchase $199 DVD
Order No. QA-403
ISBN (VHS) 1-57295-403-5
ISBN (DVD) 1-57295-907-X

Reviews
"Highly Recommended. Strikingly different, provides an amazingly personal opportunity to listen to and watch someone deal with the recurrence of cancer. The producers have managed to capture the depth of the human spirit." Educational Media Reviews Online

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