This first of its kind film shows the filmmaker’s personal struggle with thyroid disease and the medical confusion and negligence that surrounds it
Food Matter’s TV has acquired PVOD rights for the award-winning documentary "Sick to Death!" by acclaimed filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West.
Screenings of Hadleigh-West's "Sick to Death!," along with her other films – "Player Hating: A Love Story" and "War Zone" – are scheduled throughout the summer in Philadelphia, New York City and New Orleans.
Hadleigh-West will appear at each screening to participate in a Q&A after the film.Social Justice filmmaker, Maggie Hadleigh-West’s three films explore demographics in crisis and expose a vulnerable America.
In "War Zone," she shines a light on sexual harassment and the connection between the catcalling of women and it’s relationship to rape; "Player Hating: A Love Story" explores the violence of systemic racial oppression in the housing projects that can perpetuate criminal and institutional violence, while "Sick to Death!’s" decries systemic medical violence in the form of medical negligence and corruption which leads to diminished lives and early deaths for hundreds of millions of people.
Screening Details:
Women's Film Festival in Philadelphia at the Prince Theater located at 1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
War Zone will be screened on July 21 at 7 p.m.
Sick to Death! will be screened on July 22 at 7 p.m.
The Spectacle Theater is located at 124 S 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11249
War Zone will be screened on July 26 at 7 p.m.
Player Hating: A Love Story will be screened on July 27 at 7 p.m.
Sick to Death! will be screened on July 28- July 29 at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Zeitgest Mutli-Disciplinary Arts Center located at 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd, New Orleans LA
Sick to Death! will be screened on August 10 at 7 p.m.
War Zone will be screened on August 11 at 5 p.m.
Player Hating: A Love Story will be screened on August 12 at 5 p.m.
Screening Details:
Women's Film Festival in Philadelphia at the Prince Theater located at 1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
War Zone will be screened on July 21 at 7 p.m.
Sick to Death! will be screened on July 22 at 7 p.m.
The Spectacle Theater is located at 124 S 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11249
War Zone will be screened on July 26 at 7 p.m.
Player Hating: A Love Story will be screened on July 27 at 7 p.m.
Sick to Death! will be screened on July 28- July 29 at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Zeitgest Mutli-Disciplinary Arts Center located at 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd, New Orleans LA
Sick to Death! will be screened on August 10 at 7 p.m.
War Zone will be screened on August 11 at 5 p.m.
Player Hating: A Love Story will be screened on August 12 at 5 p.m.
