Pink Ribbons, Inc.

The Business Of Breast Cancer: A Hard-Hitting Documentary Challenges The Status Quo
With an aunt currently enduring Stage Four treatment, I am especially attuned to checking out films/programs related to the topic of cancer. And in the world of cancer, specifically breast cancer, there is no campaign or subject more omnipresent and all-encompassing than the pink ribbon movement. Symbolizing community and survival and hope, various organizations utilize the pink ribbons (and peripheral merchandise) to stage events in the eternal pursuit of fundraising. But where has all that money gone? And is it really as altruistic as we might hope? The new documentary "Pink Ribbons, Inc." poses those questions and many more, and it is an essential look at corporate hypocrisy and skewed priorities. It is filled with many examples (I won't list anyone here specifically) that really seem to defy any logic other than greed.

The movie hits hard and is quite aggressive. Its primary target is big business and pharmaceuticals that use breast cancer as a means of commerce...

shocking story/expose!
I recently watched this Dvd, and highly recommend it to all women. It is a very powerful video and a serious eye opener. Although it could use a bit of editing in some parts, overall it is an outstanding dvd. There are some very very intelligent professional women in the breast cancer field who speak in this dvd, and what they have to say is deeply disturbing, even shocking. We are being seriously dumbed down and the breast cancer cure/cause has been hugely commercialized, even hijacked. Not to mention companies involved in the pink ribbon campaign at the same time producing products that cause breast cancer. Less than 5% of the massive funds collected are spent on prevention, there is no accountability or even organization as to where all these funds go or how they are used ( duplication of studies, repetition etc etc) . In 1940 1 in 22 women could expect to get breast cancer , now it is 1 in 8 women, given all the money that has been thrown at run for the cure etc, there is...

Review of Pink Ribbons, Inc. documentary film
This is an amazing and detailed documentary and expose on how "Pink Ribbon" fundraising money is allocated in the fight against breast cancer. I would highly recommend it !

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