Life For A Child

On November 14th (otherwise known as World Diabetes Day), the Sundance Channel will air the television premier of a new documentary called Life For A Child. And oh, man, if you were looking for things to feel grateful for, how about this: you don’t have to walk four hours through mountain passes to get to a bus to get to a clinic to have your blood sugar tested. Or, more broadly, you’re not (I don’t think) a poor child in Nepal with Type 1 diabetes.

Directed by Academy Award nominee Edward Lachman, the movie traces the story of several Nepalese children with Type 1, who are receiving treatment (even if it’s hours away) from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Life For a Child program.  (Looking for a new place to make a donation? You might want to check them out.) The website has a few short video clips — but be sure to tune in on November 14th (at 8 p.m. EST) to catch the whole thing. Click here to find out more.

To see a preview (which I cannot get to embed, oh cruel wordpress), click here.

Catherine Price

Catherine Price (www.catherine-price.com) was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 22 years old. She has written for publications including The Best American Science Catherine Price is a professional journalist who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 22 years old. Her work has been featured in publications including The Best American Science Writing, The New York Times, Popular Science, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post Magazine, Salon, Slate, Men’s Journal, Health Magazine, The Oprah Magazine, and Outside, among others. A graduate of Yale and UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism

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Catherine Price

Catherine Price was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 22 years old. She has written for publications including The Best American Science Catherine Price is a professional journalist who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 22 years old. Her work has been featured in publications including The Best American Science Writing, The New York Times, Popular Science, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post Magazine, Salon, Slate, Men’s Journal, Health Magazine, The Oprah Magazine, and Outside, among others. A graduate of Yale and UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism