Abstract

CEVALLOS-SOLORZANO, Gabriela; MALDONADO-LEON, María del Cisne; CUEVA-QUINDE, Ana Belén  and  BAILON-MOSCOSO, Natalia. Bombardier Blood (2020): a Documentary beyond the Illness. Rev Med Cine [online]. 2023, vol.19, n.4, pp.303-316.  Epub Mar 08, 2024. ISSN 1885-5210.  https://dx.doi.org/10.14201/rmc.31027.

While hemophilia was considered a disease that disturbed only the royal families of Europe, it currently affects one in 5.000 and one in 30.000 live newborn males for both Type A and B, respectively. Hemophilia is a blood clotting disorder that mainly affects men due to its character of recessive inheritance linked to X, its main manifestation hemorrhaging that can become fatal if they are not treated correctly. Bombardier Blood (2020) by Patrick James Lynch is a documentary focused on the journey of Chris Bombardier, a hemophilic person whose dream is to climb the seven highest summits in the world, including Mount Everest in the Himalayas. The documentary, in addition to highlighting the medical aspects of this disease, shows the different lifestyles according to their location, the regulations and health systems that govern them, and how these affect diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment.

Keywords : haemophilia; genetic disorder; Nepal; coagulation disorder; X-linked inheritance.

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