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Health + Film + Purpose

2021

Case 15 / 31

Five years of intimate family footage condensed into a message of hope for World Prematurity Day.

A film five years in the making, created to share a message of hope on World Prematurity Day. Filmmaker Jean Paulo Lasmar began documenting his wife’s pregnancy. When their son Gabriel was born prematurely, he kept filming.

The final film condenses five years of intimate, poetic family footage into one story of resilience, care and possibility.

“When I saw thousands of people fighting for their lives on the same ventilators Gabriel needed five years earlier, I understood that our family’s story could carry a message of hope and unity.” — Jean Paulo Lasmar

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