The profound transformation of a Bay Area family fuels this stirring, heartfelt documentary about resilience and the power of second chances. For Dr. Grace Dammann, a pioneering San Francisco AIDS specialist, a routine drive across the Golden Gate Bridge turned tragic when she was in a head-on collision. After a 48-day-long coma and nine surgeries, Grace was left with a body that would never be the same. Surrounded by doctors, family, and friends, Grace returned home to Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in Muir Beach, where she and her partner Fu Schroeder pieced together a new life with their daughter, Sabrina. Poetic, beautifully shot, and emotionally charged, this documentary combines interviews and up-close-and-personal footage to capture the complex family dynamics created when rules and relationships are turned upside down. Helen Cohen and Mark Lipman delicately document the pain and power of one woman’s fight to reinvent herself while illuminating the fragility and splendor of family connections and life on earth.
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