Crest event to offer sneak peek of Ken Burns cancer documentary
.JPG "Filmmaker Ken Burns, right, has produced the PBS documentary series “Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies,” based on the book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, left.")
Sacramento viewers can get a free preview of the new Ken Burns PBS documentary “Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies” on March 25 at Sacramento’s Crest Theatre (1013 K St.).
The American Cancer Society, the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center and KVIE are presenting the event, which begins at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30). The event will feature a 40-minute-synopsis version of the three-part, six-hour documentary, which tracks the history of cancer and offers personal accounts from patients and survivors. The documentary series is based on oncologist and author Siddhartha Mukherjee’s Puliter Prize-winning 2010 book “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer.”
A panel discussion will follow the screening. Panelists include Tris Imboden, drummer for the band Chicago and a cancer survivor.
Tickets to the free event can be reserved at www.kvie.org/events.
The documentary series, directed by Barak Goodman and produced by Burns, will air on KVIE at 9 p.m. March 30, March 31 and April 1.
Call The Bee’s Carla Meyer, (916) 321-1118. Follow her on Twitter @CarlaMeyerSB.
This story was originally published March 16, 2015 at 5:34 PM with the headline "Crest event to offer sneak peek of Ken Burns cancer documentary."