The Woods Hole Film Festival, in conjunction with the Marine Biological Laboratory present the next BRINGING SCIENCE TO THE SCREEN event:
JIM ALLISON: BREAKTHROUGH
Feature Documentary by Bill Haney
Friday, March 20 at 7:00 p.m.
MBL Swope Center – Meigs Room
ABOUT THE FILM
Jim Allison received the 2018 Nobel Prize for discovering the immune system’s role in defeating cancer, but his story does not begin there. For decades he waged a lonely struggle against the skepticism of the medical establishment and the resistance of Big Pharma. BREAKTHROUGH follows the emotionally compelling story of a man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer.
Narrated by Woody Harrelson
Director: Bill Haney
Length: 90 minutes
USA • 2019
TICKETS & INFO
Tickets are $14 per person, $12, for members, $10 for students and veterans and are available online or at the door of Falmouth Academy. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. For more information about the Woods Hole Film Festival, visit www.woodsholefilmfestival.org or call (508) 495-3456.