Breakthrough
Breakthrough tells the story of a renegade scientist’s quest to find a cure for cancer, the disease that killed his mother. Texan Jim Allison is a 2018 Nobel Prize winner for discovering how to prompt a cancer patient’s own immune system into defeating their disease, but for decades he waged an often-lonely struggle against the painful skepticism of the medical establishment.
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Cast
4 people
Bill Haney Director · Peter Rhodes Editor
United States release March 9, 2019 · Produced in United States
Production
Uncommon Productions
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 9, 2019
Limited theatrical · SXSW Film Festival
United States
May 19, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Seattle International Film Festival
September 27, 2019 · Theatrical
April 27, 2020 · TV · PBS, Independent Lens
Germany
May 19, 2022 · Theatrical
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