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Lifestories: Family Video Diaries: Someone Had To Be Benny

45 min

Documentary

1996

U/A 13+

True story of a terminally ill 15-year-old who must fight for the right to stop taking the medicines his doctors have prescribed. These drugs might prolong his life for a few months, but also produce excruciating side effects.

Cast

Michael Shulman, Donna Murphy, Suzanne Cryer, Reiko Aylesworth, Shawn Elliott, George Morfogen, Helmar Augustus Cooper, Graham Sack