FIlm in Focus: SALLY PACHOLOK at the Avalon Theatre with Director Elissa Leonard AB '79
Meet actress Annet Mahendru ("Nina" on The Americans FX) and Director Elissa Leonard AB '79.
Wed, Nov 11 at 8PM
Post-Film Q&A with Director Elissa Leonard AB '79!
When nurse Sally Pacholok (Annet Mahendru, TV’s “The Americans”) learns that her recent bouts of dizziness and fatigue are the result of a B-12 deficiency, she tries unsuccessfully to educate doctors at her hospital about this debilitating, often fatal condition, which mimics multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, dementia, and a host of better-known diseases. As she watches misdiagnosed patients wasting away and dying, she decides to write a book. Based on a true story and filmed locally in Maryland.
Elissa Leonard AB '79 is a writer, producer and director from Chevy Chase Maryland. SALLY PACHOLOK is her first feature film.
Q and A with director Elissa Leonard AB '79
http://www.theavalon.org/films/sally-pacholok/