Soon There Will Be No More Me

Duration: 10 min.

Year Published: 1972

Creator: Church

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: True story of a nineteen year old mother, dying of terminal cancer, who determines to write a book for her 1-1/2 year old daughter who may someday want to know the mother she couldn't remember., Documents the efforts of nineteen-year-old Lynn Helton, stricken with a fatal form of cancer, to record her thoughts on life, death, love, loss, and pain. Demonstrates her determination to write a book that would communicate her experience with the world, and her young daughter, who will someday want to know the mother she cannot remember. Uses still photos of Lynn and her family and excerpts from her unfinished book to convey her intense, personal experience.

Complete Record: , Documents the efforts of nineteen-year-old Lynn Helton, stricken with a fatal form of cancer, to record her thoughts on life, death, love, loss, and pain. Demonstrates her determination to write a book that would communicate her experience with the world, and her young daughter, who will someday want to know the mother she cannot remember. Uses still photos of Lynn and her family and excerpts from her unfinished book to convey her intense, personal experience.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.