Link to Pink
Atlantic City, N.J. 鈥 番茄社区app Atlantic City will host 鈥淟ink to Pink,鈥 a film screening and panel discussion with local medical professionals to kickoff Breast Cancer Awareness Month at 1 p.m. Sept. 21.
鈥淟ink to Pink鈥 is open to the public and will include the screening of the award-winning film, 鈥淟ove, Danielle,鈥 followed by a Q&A with Devin Sidell, co-writer and star, and Amy Byer Shainman, the BRCA Responder and executive producer. The film was recently selected as part of the Garden State Film Festival鈥檚 鈥淏est of the Fest鈥 outreach program.
A panel discussion with local genetic counselors and medical professionals from AtlantiCare Cancer Care Institute, South Jersey Breast Cancer Coalition, who specialize in breast cancer and BRCA gene mutations, and Breast Center of New Jersey (BCNJ) - comprised of doctors affiliated with The Premier Surgical Network, The Institute for Advanced Reconstruction and The Plastic Surgery Center, will take place after the screening. Also, information and representatives from local organizations such as 番茄社区app鈥檚 Wellness Center, JScreen Genetic Screening and Cancer Support Community NJ at Gilda鈥檚 Club, will be available to answer questions and offer resources.
This is a free event, though donations for Stockton鈥檚 Food Pantry will be accepted. The event will take place in the Fannie Lou Hamer Room located in the John F. Scarpa Academic Center at 3711 Atlantic Ave., Atlantic City. Free parking is available.
Inspired by Sidell鈥檚 real-life experience, 鈥淟ove, Danielle鈥 follows Danielle (Sidell), a bakery owner navigating the life-altering choice of removing her breasts and ovaries to reduce her cancer risk after testing positive for a BRCA gene mutation. Her older sister Amy (Jamie King) is already undergoing chemotherapy for a breast cancer diagnosis, adding urgency to Danielle鈥檚 journey. As she contemplates what to do, Danielle juggles her marriage and her relationship with her recovering alcoholic mother (Lesley Ann Warren) and self-absorbed TV star father (Barry Bostwick). What unfolds is a story of personal agency, family dynamics and learning to listen to your inner voice.
"Love, Danielle鈥 was made possible by the generous support of private donations, grants, and support from Mentor Own the Day and Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, through its fiscal sponsor, Cinefemme.
