Fifty Percent (2021)
With a 50% chance of inheriting a fatal disease, is it better to know or live in the moment? Lillian Hanly has a 50/50 chance of inheriting Huntington’s, a neurodegenerative disease. With a number of her family testing positive for the gene, and her mother already affected by it, she must come to a decision. Get tested now or continue to live on in the unknown.
Primary Title
- Fifty Percent
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 21 November 2024
Release Year
- 2021
Start Time
- 13 : 40
Finish Time
- 13 : 50
Duration
- 10:00
Series
- 8
Episode
- 1
Channel
- Whakaata Maori
Broadcaster
- Whakaata Maori
Programme Description
- With a 50% chance of inheriting a fatal disease, is it better to know or live in the moment? Lillian Hanly has a 50/50 chance of inheriting Huntington’s, a neurodegenerative disease. With a number of her family testing positive for the gene, and her mother already affected by it, she must come to a decision. Get tested now or continue to live on in the unknown.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Incurable diseases--Psychological aspects
- Incurable diseases--Social aspects
- Huntington's chorea
- Short films--New Zealand
Genres
- Documentary
- Health
Contributors
- Lillian Hanly (Director)
- Lillian Hanly (Subject)
- Sara Shirazi (Producer)
- Darryl Ward (Cinematographer)
- Elsie Bollinger (Editor)
- Peter Liley (Composer)
- Julia Parnell (Executive Producer)
- Loading Docs (Production Unit)
- University of Auckland Centre For Brain Research (Funder)
- NZ On Air (Funder)
- New Zealand Film Commission (Funder)
- Te Māngai Pāho (Funder)
Subjects
- Incurable diseases--Psychological aspects
- Incurable diseases--Social aspects
- Huntington's chorea
- Short films--New Zealand