Films: More to Live For

More to Live For

USA, 2011, 83 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Documentary, Medical/Health, Music
Program: Documentary Films
Language: English

DIRECTOR: Noah Hutton
Producer: Susan Brecker, James Chippendale
Editor: Noah Hutton, Johnathan Rosenblit
Cinematographer: Noah Hutton
Principal Cast: Seun Adebiyi, Michael Brecker, James Chippendale

In More to Live For, Noah Hutton follows three cancer patients in a desperate search for the one bone-marrow donor that could save them. Connected in their fight for survival, they’re on a singular mission—to bring awareness about bone marrow donation to the millions of people who could save a life today.

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