What you should know about this film:
No Family History turns the debate about breast
cancer upside down by proposing 
solutions about prevention, rather
searching only for a cure. We reveal how the pink mask of racing
for the cure has hidden the profits and pain of the disease. A few
dedicated experts tell the story of how they began to realize all
the toxic exposures in daily life that could be causing the epidemic - toxics
in their home and even their own personal care products. A few dedicated
breast cancer activists relate how they tried to improve regulations
to prevent breast cancer, and how they have changed their own lives
to make it safer.
No Family History tells the story of Robin who is one
of thousands of women forced to combat breast cancer in their lives. Breast
cancer can strike anyone at almost any age, from any background, and can
be discovered at any stage.
About Robin:
Robin
Caslenova is a forty-four year old Jewish woman whose double mastectomy
followed the unsuccessful removal of a cancerous lump. She lives
on Long Island with her three children and husband. The film follows Robin
and her family through her operation and months of chemotherapy. It links
her personal story with the incredibly high incidence of breast cancer on
Long Island, and the research that has attempted to explain the rates. For
the first time on film, it shows the grueling reality of breast cancer treatment
including graphic images of the operating room and chemotherapy.