Filmmaker Statement

My parents have been together for almost 35 years. They share the same values and passions for life, have proudly raised three children together, and have remained madly in love throughout. Then my mother was diagnosed with peritoneal cancer. Six months after diagnosis, I begin filming them. Mama has had surgery and chemotherapy treatments. Her physical indicators are good. The hair she lost has started to grow back in little silver curls. She decides to stop wearing her brown wig and let her hair go grey. Soon after, the physical pains that remain are side-lined by the news of a rising tumour marker. Entering my parents’ life with a camera, I record their struggles, healing, and attempts to cope with an illness that threatens to separate them. Stubbornly rejecting defeat and holding on to family and love, they grapple with pain and uncertainty. What if the cancer does return?