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Breakthrough

Showtimes

Saturday, April 20 at 2:30pm 



Synopsis

A thoroughly enthralling portrait of the 2018 Nobel Prize-winning scientist Jim Allison–an unconventional, harmonica-playing Texas scientist–who against overwhelming odds pioneered the field of immunotherapy, leading to the development of revolutionary treatments for cancer patients. Nobel laureate Jim Allison is widely known for his work surrounding T-cell machinations and production, work that led him to become one of the first scientists to isolate the T-cell protein (known as TCR).

​His achievements in the field earned him the Breakthrough Prize of Life Sciences, but this is not a by-the-book retelling of Allison's career feats. Instead, the film is an utterly human portrait of a decidedly off-beat (and delightfully so) man committed to the endless possibilities of science, the wellbeing of humankind and progress itself.

About the film

Genres: Documentary / Science & Technology / Biography
Release Year: 2019
Runtime: 91 minutes
Countries: USA
Languages: English
Website: OFFICIAL WEBPAGE
Director: Bill Haney
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      • The Guilty
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      • The Interpreter
      • Jirga
      • The Last Suit
      • The Little Comrade
      • Never Look Away
      • Photograph
      • Put Grandma In The Freezer
      • The Realm
      • The Reports On Sarah and Saleem
      • Ruben Brandt, Collector
      • Shoplifters
      • Singin’ In The Grain
      • Stalag Luft III
      • The Tobacconist
      • Yomeddine
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      • Anote's Ark
      • Art That Moves (short films)
      • Becoming Who I Was
      • The Breadwinner
      • The Cakemaker
      • Chasms and Bridges (short films)
      • Cloudboy
      • Crime + Punishment
      • Faces Places
      • A Fantastic Woman
      • Farmer of the Year
      • Gabriel and the Mountain
      • The Gold Seekers
      • Happy Birthday
      • I Am Not A Witch
      • In The Fade
      • El Inca
      • Indian Horse
      • Killing Jesús (Matar a Jesús)
      • Liyana
      • Loveless
      • Loving Vincent
      • Mademoiselle Paradis
      • Montparnasse Bienvenue
      • Number One
      • Radiogram
      • The Secret Ingredient
      • The Square
      • Through the Banks of the Red Cedar
      • Zama
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