Documentary film highlights woman with CMT

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(One more time, for purposes of clarification, CMT is NOT a form of Muscular

Dystrophy!)

http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2009/10/film_to_examine_fight_for_equa.html

The documentary follows four individuals, including the filmmaker, Crystal

Emery, whose personal stories add to the national debate on our country's

healthcare crisis. She shares her own experience as an African-American

encountering racism while navigating the healthcare system " The ultimate goal of

this film is to illuminate disparate treatment based on racial, economic and

ethnic differences in order to help achieve a healthcare system that serves all

Americans equally, " explains the filmmaker. Emery, whose arms and legs are

paralyzed as a result of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a form of Muscular

Dystrophy, hopes that sharing these stories will stimulate conversations that

move individuals to action.