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  • Do You Really Want to Know? (2012)
  • 72 min | Documentary
Do You Really Want to Know? (2012)
72 min | Documentary
A documentary about the complex emotional, ethical and psychological issues surrounding the new frontier of predictive genetic testing. The film follows three families who have been confronted with the decision of whether or not to be ...See moreA documentary about the complex emotional, ethical and psychological issues surrounding the new frontier of predictive genetic testing. The film follows three families who have been confronted with the decision of whether or not to be tested for Huntington's disease - a degenerative neurological illness that is akin to having ALS, Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's simultaneously - and one of the first diseases people could be accurately and conclusively tested for, before the onset of any symptoms. As scientists discover more ways to identify diseases before we know we have them, "do you really want to know?" will be a question more and more of us will face. Written by Eastwood, Kevin See less
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Director
John Zaritsky
Writer
John Zaritsky
Producer
Kevin Eastwood (producer)
Composer
David Ramos
Cinematographers
Steven Deneault | Michael Grippo | Ian Kerr
Casting Director
John Bolton
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Updated May 4, 2012
Release date
Aug 2012 (United States)
Awards
3 wins & 4 nominations

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6 cast members
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