Alexis Ligon
Cultural Anthropology graduate student
2019 | 24 min | USA
Director in Attendance
Can exercise be a kind of medicine? Grace, the filmmaker’s mother, has been living with various cancers for 19 years. During that time, as a way of mastering her illnesses, she competed in countless road races and Ironman competitions. The more she pushes the limits of her body, the more the illness pushes back.
Plays in Emerging Visual Anthropologists Showcase
Part of the Margaret Mead film festival October 17-20, 2019.
Cultural Anthropology
