Anna Donald was a fearless explorer who crossed the doctor-patient divide in a unique way. A pioneer in the field of evidence-based medicine she was determined to communicate her experience of living with advanced cancer. This Sydney-born Rhodes scholar began blogging for the British Medical Journal (From the Other Side) when she returned to Australia in 2007.
At that time Anna also began work on a cross-platform media project that combines a documentary with an interactive website. The documentary, largely shot by Anna herself, is a powerful exploration of her experience, infused throughout with her intellectual curiosity, wit and keen sense of the ridiculous.
The website will provide an inspirational forum featuring short video content specially created for the site where Anna’s intimate reflections on a range of topics provoke questions and responses from people who can upload their own video, text and image content to the site.
The website and documentary will be launched in November 2009.
This six minute video, edited from material shot for the documentary and website, was made for a memorial celebration of Anna’s life that was held in the U.K. in June 2009. Please be patient while the video loads.
