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Jeffrey McDonald

The Inheritance

  • Documentary

An intimate story of a courageous family

RELEASE

2014-08-01

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

70 min

Description

This haunting, personal film offers a firsthand perspective on the hereditary neurodegenerative Huntington’s Disease. The condition typically shows up in mid-adult life, and DNA testing has shown Wellington film editor and screenwriter Bridget Lyon is likely to fall prey. She and her husband, director Jeff McDonald, are forced to face the disease’s horrors head-on while watching her mother’s deterioration.