A Friend Called Lyle
Thirty-nine-year-old Lyle Matthews asked her friend Bob Markee to document her battle with breast cancer in a video diary during her final months.
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Thirty-nine-year-old Lyle Matthews asked her friend Bob Markee to document her battle with breast cancer in a video diary during her final months.
Synopsis
Lyle Matthews, a 39-year-old woman, faces her breast cancer diagnosis with openness. She asks her friend, filmmaker Bob Markee, to document her experiences during the last months of her life. The 30-minute film captures her emotions, including fear and frustration, as she confronts her illness. It aired on PBS station KCET in Los Angeles in 1995 and received numerous viewer comments. The documentary offers a candid look at the dying process and Lyle's acceptance of her mortality.
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