Breathtaking is a documentary produced and directed by Kathleen Mullen (Richard Mullen’s daughter, a Toronto filmmaker). It takes on the asbestos industry through a moving and personal investigation into her father’s death from an asbestos-related disease and the current present-day use of asbestos in Canada and internationally. With moving clips of her dying father’s legal testimony, family photos and Super 8 home movies as a narrative springboard, Mullen takes the audience on an investigative journey from her family’s home in British Columbia to Quebec, India and Detroit, painting a global, yet still personal picture of the many lives affected by the continued use of asbestos. Partial proceeds from the Vancouver screening on July 19, 2010, hosted by the Mullen family, were donated to the AREA Fund.
Breathtaking Screening ~ In Loving Memory of Richard Mullen
July 19, 2011
