Taeter Burger
Equal parts humor and drama, "Susan" follows a middle aged woman in Oklahoma as she navigates her "realities" after a dementia diagnosis. What Susan Suchan has, is the exact same diagnoses as Bruce Wi…
Taeter Burger
Equal parts humor and drama, "Susan" follows a middle aged woman in Oklahoma as she navigates her "realities" after a dementia diagnosis. What Susan Suchan has, is the exact same diagnoses as Bruce Willis: frontotemporal dementia with primary progressive aphasia. Susan lives in two alternate realities and clearly articulates both worlds for audiences. In her first reality, she is stripped of relationships, money, and social filters, and is forced to move in with her family, while secretly planning a way to end her misery. In her alternate reality, Susan maximizes every coherent second she has left partying with friends on a river trip, becoming an outspoken advocate for people just like her, and opting for a final trip to the ocean with her family over her secret end of life planning. Filmed over the course of years, the goal of the film is to drive conversations surrounding dementia related diagnoses. The subject of Susan, Susan Suchan, was initially misdiagnosed with early onset Alzheimers, then later with FTD, Frontotemporal Dementia, with a Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) disorder. Susan had exactly what Actor Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with, which has increased awareness about FTD and PPA. The Susan documentary will continue that awareness campaign as an IMPACT documentary. In dramatic fashion, Susan puts a face to FTD, turning on its head the idea that someone with a diagnosis like this doesn't have a voice. Susan Suchan also advocated tirelessly for others. Joining Producer/Director Russ Kirkpatrick and Director of Photography Samuel Calvin, the Oklahoma based film crew included Wendy Parker, Sha'ree Green, Wendy Garrett, Nicholas Szabo, Brian Gilliland, Ryan Weaver, Mark Gullickson, and Britni Harris. Editing was handled by Los Angeles based James Kicklighter, the score was composed by McKeever Arnold in Oklahoma City, and Visual Effects Artistry was handled by Brady Foster, also in the Oklahoma City area. Filming locations included Tulsa, Oklahoma; Noel, Missouri; Minneapolis, Minnesota; New York City; and Panama City Beach, Florida. The project is released by Isosceles Films Releasing, produced by Kirkpatrick & Kinslow Films, Executive Produced by Andy Kinslow, Produced By, p.g.a. Russ Kirkpatrick. Sydney Alison is an assistant to producers on the project. Kirkpatrick & Kinslow, and the Susan documentary property, are represented by Wendy Drummond, in the entertainment law division of Drummond Law, with copyright clearance from Amy E. Mitchell, PLLC.
Taeter Burger
Action,Horror,Sci-Fi
Film Details
Equal parts humor and drama, "Susan" follows a middle aged woman in Oklahoma as she navigates her "realities" after a dementia diagnosis. What Susan Suchan has, is the exact same diagnoses as Bruce Willis: frontotemporal dementia with primary progressive aphasia. Susan lives in two alternate realities and clearly articulates both worlds for audiences.
In her first reality, she is stripped of relationships, money, and social filters, and is forced to move in with her family, while secretly planning a way to end her misery. In her alternate reality, Susan maximizes every coherent second she has left partying with friends on a river trip, becoming an outspoken advocate for people just like her, and opting for a final trip to the ocean with her family over her secret end of life planning. Filmed over the course of years, the goal of the film is to drive conversations surrounding dementia related diagnoses.
The subject of Susan, Susan Suchan, was initially misdiagnosed with early onset Alzheimers, then later with FTD, Frontotemporal Dementia, with a Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) disorder. Susan had exactly what Actor Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with, which has increased awareness about FTD and PPA. The Susan documentary will continue that awareness campaign as an IMPACT documentary.
In dramatic fashion, Susan puts a face to FTD, turning on its head the idea that someone with a diagnosis like this doesn't have a voice. Susan Suchan also advocated tirelessly for others. Joining Producer/Director Russ Kirkpatrick and Director of Photography Samuel Calvin, the Oklahoma based film crew included Wendy Parker, Sha'ree Green, Wendy Garrett, Nicholas Szabo, Brian Gilliland, Ryan Weaver, Mark Gullickson, and Britni Harris.
Editing was handled by Los Angeles based James Kicklighter, the score was composed by McKeever Arnold in Oklahoma City, and Visual Effects Artistry was handled by Brady Foster, also in the Oklahoma City area. Filming locations included Tulsa, Oklahoma; Noel, Missouri; Minneapolis, Minnesota; New York City; and Panama City Beach, Florida. The project is released by Isosceles Films Releasing, produced by Kirkpatrick & Kinslow Films, Executive Produced by Andy Kinslow, Produced By, p.g.a.
Russ Kirkpatrick. Sydney Alison is an assistant to producers on the project. Kirkpatrick & Kinslow, and the Susan documentary property, are represented by Wendy Drummond, in the entertainment law division of Drummond Law, with copyright clearance from Amy E.
Mitchell, PLLC..