Article 5NZ82 Fifty percent: Short film asks 'Is it better to know your future or live in the moment?' – video

Fifty percent: Short film asks 'Is it better to know your future or live in the moment?' – video

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Lillian Hanly
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With a 50% chance of inheriting a fatal disease, is it better to know your future or live in the moment?

Lillian Hanly has a 50/50 chance of inheriting Huntington's, a neurodegenerative disease. With a number of her family testing positive for the gene, and her mother already affected by it, she must come to a decision: Get tested now or continue to live on, in the unknown.

Fifty Percent is part of the Loading Docs 2021 collection. The films can be viewed online via www.loadingdocs.net

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