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Life according to Sam [digital videodisc] / HBO Documentary Films presents a Fine Films production ; directed & produced by Sean Fine & Andrea Nix Fine ; produced by Miriam Weintraub.

[New York, New York] : HBO Home Entertainment, [2014]

Berns, Sam, 1996-2014.

Progeria -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.

Progeria -- Case studies.

1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Bonus features: My philosophy for a happy life : Sam Berns at TEDxMidAtlantic 2013 -- Introduction to the Progeria Research Foundation, featuring Dave Matthews and Sam Berns.

"An official selection of the Sundance Film Festival, Life According to Sam follows one family's courageous fight to save their only son from a rare and fatal aging disease. Directed by Oscar winners Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine (Inocente), this highly personal and life-affirming journey is propelled by the captivating presence of Sam Berns. Funny, perceptive and fiercely intelligent, 16-year old Sam is the catalyst for his physician parents' relentless drive to discover a medical breakthrough that may one day shed light on unlocking the aging process in us all."--Container.

Rating: TV-G (general audience; most parents would find this program suitable for all ages).

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