‘The Human Trial’ Looks for Type 1 Diabetes Cure on Nov. 11
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Available on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video and Google Play on November 11th, 2022
THE HUMAN TRIAL
Behind every breakthrough are those who risk everything for everybody else.
SYNOPSIS
The Human Trial peels back the headlines to show the sweat, passion and sacrifice poured into every medical breakthrough. It interweaves the stories of the patients — who have borne the physical and financial burdens of type 1 diabetes (T1D) — with the researchers who epitomize the struggle of innovating cures. Director Lisa Hepner— whose own T1D fuels her search for a cure — becomes the bridge between these two worlds. The narrative arc is the clinical trial itself.
For seven years, Lisa and Guy embedded themselves with a biotech company in San Diego. They filmed the researchers’ triumphs and failures in the lab, following them from Tokyo to Riyadh as they raised money to keep their trial going. At the same time, the husband/wife team followed two patients, the self-described “guinea pigs” at the University of Minnesota. Combining these two points of view, the filmmakers reveal the emotional and physical rollercoaster that scientists and patients go through as they travel along the road to a cure for disease.
Directed by Lisa Hepner and Guy Mossman
Written by Lisa Hepner
Executive Producers Amy Rapp, Marla & Robert Oringer
Produced by Lisa Hepner p.g.a., Jonathan Formica p.g.a., and Kristin Lesko p.g.a.
Original Score by Miriam Cutler
Presenting Sponsor: Beyond Type 1
TRT: 91 minutes