films involving disabilities
Home Categories Site Notes Links Search Contact Category 7  

 

  Cancer Major



   

TITLE Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story, A (1996) (TV Film)

ALT__TITLE

DISABILITY Cancer Leukemia

COUNTRY USA

LENGTH 105

GENRE Drama

DIRECTOR Bill Corcoran

CAST Jayne Brook

Len Cariou

Christina Cox

Matt Keeslar

 

NOTES This is the story of Dan Jansen a speed skater. He has a sister who has leukemia. She also had scoliosis and wore brace as a child.
Chemo is tried but doesn't work so she is looking for bone marrow transplant. Unfortunately she dies but he wins gold medal for speed skating.
This is for a specialised audience into speed skating and slow drama

 


Notes

Copyright Disabilityfilms since 1994