-Breakthrough is a documentary about the renegade scientist Jim Allison, who went against the medical establishment to find a cure for cancer.
-Jim Allison grew up in the small town of Alice, Texas, where he lost his mother to cancer at a young age. After her passing, he devoted his life’s work to finding a cure.
-This documentary features a retelling of the hard work and the struggles that Allison, now 70, experienced, led to his Nobel Prize-winning discovery. Featured are stories directly from the man himself as well as his friends and family. This documentary is narrated by Woody Harrelson and Written and directed by Bill Haney.
