Life According To Sam
For Your Consideration: Documentary Oscar Hopefuls
December 20 - 26, 2013
In 1998, Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr. Scott Berns learned that their two-year-old son, Sam, had a progressive aging disorder so rare that fewer than 250 children in the world had it at the time. Told there was no cure, they refused to accept that as the final verdict.
In 1998, Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr. Scott Berns learned that their two-year-old son, Sam, had progeria, a progressive aging disorder so rare that fewer than 250 children in the world had it at the time. Little was known about the disease, and all children with progeria died of heart attack or stroke at an average age of 13. Told there was no treatment or cure, they refused to accept that as the final verdict.
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