Life According to Sam /

An official selection of the Sundance Film Festival and winner of a Peabody Award, Life According to Sam follows one family's courageous fight to save their only son from a rare and fatal aging disease. Directed by OscarĀ® winners Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine (Inocente), this highly personal an...

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Online Access: Streaming video (MCPHS users only)
Corporate Author: Home Box Office (Firm)
Other Authors: Fine, Sean (Director), Nix Fine, Andrea (Director)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Home Box Office (Firm), 2013
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Table of Contents:
  • Living with Progeria (2:29)
  • Accelerated Aging (3:23)
  • Sam in 8th Grade (3:19)
  • Progeria Research Foundation (4:01)
  • Lonafarnib Clinical Trial Participants (4:00)
  • No Placebo Trial (4:42)
  • Abnormal Protein (4:03)
  • Progeria Diagnosis (5:20)
  • After the Progeria Diagnosis (2:04)
  • Clinical Trial Halfway Point (3:02)
  • Children Wait for Help (4:16)
  • Exposure to Death (1:54)
  • Love is the Driving Force (2:23)
  • Dave Mathews Band (5:04)
  • Hospitalization Week (4:59)
  • Wrapping up Sam's Participation in the Trial (2:21)
  • Is the Drug Having an Affect? (2:48)
  • Family Milestones (3:11)
  • No Clinical Difference in the Patient Population? (5:07)
  • Gordon Refuses to Give Up (3:20)
  • Death of a Child (2:13)
  • Dreams of Being an Inventor (2:03)
  • Last Shot at Publication (1:51)
  • PNAS Publication (5:01)
  • Sam's Results (4:25)
  • Sam's Musical Performance (1:59)
  • Sam's New Outlook (1:48)
  • Epilogue and Credits (1:14)
  • Credits: Life According to Sam (1:35)