Living Proof (documentary)

Living Proof is a documentary directed by Matt Embry, released in 2017. The documentary explores Embry's story of living Multiple sclerosis (MS). Embry visits several MS patients and learns about their lifestyle changes and the progression of the autoimmune disease. Since there is no cure for multiple sclerosis, Embry and his father embark on journey to find answers and hope.

Living Proof
Directed byMatt Embry
Produced byMatt Embry, Tyler McLeod, Ravinder Minhas
Music byAdam Naugler
Edited byTodd Langille
Release date
September 8, 2017
Running time
97 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Director

Matt Embry is from Calgary, Alberta Canada. He was diagnosed with MS at the age of 19 in 1995. Embry is a filmmaker, director, and president/founder of Spotlight Television and Film Productions. He directed World of Hurt (2011), Theo Fleury: Playing with Fire (2011), Gunner (2017), and Painkiller: Inside the Opioid Crisis (2018).[1]

Synopsis

The documentary begins with Embry speaking to an MS patient named Larry Findlater. Findlater talks about how the disease progressed for him and his engagement with experimental drug programs.

Embry meets with MS experts. He and the filming crew interview George Ebers, a neurologist and MS researcher at Oxford University. Ebers discuses triggers and the two stages of multiple sclerosis. Embry travels to California to explore a stem cell treatment for MS. He speaks with Christopher Duma and Viola Tsang, an MS patient, who has undergone stem cell therapy and visits Jeff Beal and his wife. Beal's wife came had contacted Mike Dake, a cardiothoracic surgeon who speaks about treating patients for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI).

When Embry was diagnosed with MS, his father, Ashton Embry, research scientist, found there are no effective treatments for multiple sclerosis. Dr. Embry focused on diet and vitamin D treatment. The documentary depicts several MS patients and their lifestyle changes.

David Lyons is MS patient who shows his fitness and diet lifestyle changes. Judy Graham is an author who has been diagnosed with MS for 43 years. Lastly, physician Terry Wahls talks about the improvements she has seen after changing her diet and lifestyle.

Featuring
  • Matt Embry, MS patient for 20 years
  • Larry Findlater, MS patient for 16 years
  • Ashton Embry, geologist and Matt Embry's father
  • Joan Embry, registered nurse and Matt Embry's mother
  • George Eber, head of clinical neurology at University of Oxford
  • Christopher Duma, neurological surgeon
  • Viola Tsang, MS patient for 18 years
  • Jeff Beal, MS patient for 9 years
  • David Lyons, MS patient for 9 years
  • Judy Graham, author and MS patient for 43 years
  • Terry Wahls, MS patient for 16 years

Reception

Living Proof premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] The documentary was awarded the 2019 Special Recognition Director's Choice Award for Best Indie Spirit/ Documentary, 2019 Audience Choice for Best Documentary Feature, and was featured at the Sedona International Film Festival.[3]

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References
  1. Bailey, Meredith (21 October 2013). "Matt Embry". Avenue Calgary.
  2. Taylor, Kate (August 9, 2017). "New Canadian talent shines in TIFF's Discovery program". The Globe & Mail. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  3. Paine, Herbert (March 6, 2019). "BWW Review: Living Proof Proves Hope Is Alive for People With MS". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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