Do You Really Want to Know?

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Documentary

Overview

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: May 6, 2012
Original language: Spanish
Spoken languages: English
Countries: Canada
Production: Optic Nerve Films
Cast: Gaalen Engen,Paul Griggs,Michael Hayden,Jeffrey Carroll,Lini Evans,John Roder
Director: John Zaritsky
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt2302579