My Healing Journey: Seven Years with Cancer

199946 min 39 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Joseph Viszmeg

Production: Jerry KrepakevichGraydon McCrea

Script: Joseph Viszmeg

In 1991, Edmonton filmmaker Joe Viszmeg was diagnosed with a rare form of adrenal cancer and told he would not live through the year. Four years later, Viszmeg completed the eloquent film In My Own Time - Diary of a Cancer Patient. In the subsequent three years, Viszmeg continued his courageous filmmaking. This new work, My Healing Journey: Seven Years with Cancer, blends segments of the first film with the extraordinary story of how, with the support of his family, he survived the roller coaster of a deadly cancer until his death in the summer of 1999. A mixture of personal journals, often humorous narration, medical interviews and moving images.

Subject categories


  • Health and Medicine > Alternative, Holistic and Indigenous MedicineCancerCoping with Illness and DyingPortraits
  • Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Coping with AdversityHealing
  • Film and Video Arts > Portraits

Credits


director
Joseph Viszmeg
commentary
Joseph Viszmeg
editing
Joseph Viszmeg
narrator
Joseph Viszmeg
producer
Jerry Krepakevich
executive producer
Graydon McCrea
cinematography
Peter Wunstorf
sound
Garrell Clark
Jamie Kidd
René Potrebenko
sound editing
Downy Karvonen
sound mixing
Paul Sharpe
Sina Oroomchi
music
John Millard

Awards


  • Gemini Award for Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure - Documentary ProgramGemini Awards
  • Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Documentary (Joseph Viszmeg)Gemini Awards
  • Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Documentary SocialYorkton Film Festival
  • Silver Chris Award - Category: Mental Health International Film and Video Festival