JIM ALLISON: BREAKTHROUGH is the astounding, true story of one warm-hearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer. It takes us into the inspiring and dramatic world of cutting-edge medicine, and into the heart of a true American pioneer, in a film that is both emotionally compelling and deeply entertaining.
Today, Jim Allison is a name to be reckoned with throughout the scientific world—a 2018 Nobel Prize winner for discovering the immune system’s role in defeating cancer—but for decades he waged a lonely struggle against the skepticism of the medical establishment and the resistance of Big Pharma.
Science in the Cinema – Presented by the University of Alberta faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and the Cancer Research Institute of Northern Alberta.
Panel discussion following the screening.
Free admission and a free small popcorn.