#54 - It's Never Just About the Hair - Metastatic Breast Cancer and Resilience with Bare Short Film Director Kerith Lemon and Co-Writer Rebecca Hall

Rebecca Hall was only 25 years old when she was diagnosed with
breast cancer. It’s been a long and challenging road for her, and
Rebecca wants other women, especially young women with metastatic
breast cancer, to know “you are not alone.” Tune in to hear us
talk about Rebecca’s journey.


Watch Bare, the film she co-wrote with director Kerith Lemon at
www.BareShortFilm.com, and share it with anyone who needs to hear
this powerful story.


Find out more about Bare: Watch the
film | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram



Help fund metastatic breast cancer treatment
research. The Bare team have created this
fundraising page because metastatic breast cancer desperately
needs more funding for new and better treatments. Please consider
donating to METAvivor, which dedicates 100% of your donations
toward metastatic breast cancer treatment research. Click here to
donate.



Rebecca’s Story: "I was 25, single and in graduate
school, I didn't have kids — I was just getting ready to live my
life. I was filled with fear, and I couldn't stay positive all
the time. Shaving my head helped me process my emotions, and
accept that I was sick. This acceptance gave me the strength to
fight.


Bare is my attempt to share an honest slice of my experience
with a wider audience. I hope that telling my story empowers
others, and demonstrates the important role friends play in this
process. My best friend’s mere presence and their willingness to
listen, even if they didn't know what to say — or sometimes said
the wrong thing — meant the world to me as I faced my
life-altering diagnosis.


Bare is also meant to inspire support for research,
particularly for Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, so that we can
improve and extend the lives of metastatic breast cancer patients
and work towards reducing occurrences of the disease across the
board, particularly in relatively young women.


Watch, share, and bare—stay breast aware and get regular exams."


—Becky Hall



About Kerith. Kerith Lemon is a writer, director
and creator with rich experience in multi- platform storytelling
and creative narratives. Lemon has worked as a programming and
production executive at CBS Radio, Nickelodeon and MTV Games and
most recently the OWN Network, where, as Vice President of
Digital Video, she created and directed a full slate of original
digital series for the networks digital platforms. Driven by her
passion for stories that emotionally connect, Lemon is drawn to
narratives that elevate women, mirror societal complications and
create dialogues amongst a broad audience. Her directorial debut,
A Social Life, premiered at the Canberra International Short Film
Festival, where it was awarded the prize for Best International
Actor and most recently has won Best Ladies First Short at the
Lady Filmmakers Festival in Los Angeles and Best Short Film at
the Monarch Film Festival in Pacific Grove, CA. To date it’s been
featured by Engadget, Gizmodo, Bust Magazine, Indiewire and
shared socially by Arianna Huffington, Oprah Magazine, The Skimm
and it’s garnered nearly 2M views on YouTube. Lemon's production
company currently has multiple feature films in development.


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