Do You Really Want to Know?
8.5
A documentary about the complex emotional, ethical and psychological issues surrounding the new frontier of predictive genetic testing. The film follows three families who have been confronted with the decision of whether or not to be tested for Huntington's disease - a degenerative neurological illness that is akin to having ALS, Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's simultaneously - and one of the first diseases people could be accurately and conclusively tested for, before the onset of any symptoms. As scientists discover more ways to identify diseases before we know we have them, "do you really want to know?" will be a question more and more of us will face.
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John Zaritsky Director
United States release August 1, 2012 · Produced in Canada · Original title ¿Realmente quieres saberlo?
Production
Optic Nerve Films
Production
Canada
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Original title
¿Realmente quieres saberlo?
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · May 6, 2012
Theatrical
United States · August 1, 2012
Columbia Gorge International Film Festival
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