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Ms. Diagnosed
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TYPE: Documentary Feature
GENRE: Documentary
STATUS: Completed
LOGLINE
A documentary film to explore the inequities that exist between women's and men's healthcare because of traditional biases and practices.
SYNOPSIS
Although women and men are completely different genetically, almost all the healthcare we receive is based solely on research done on men. Because of this inequity, women die every single day, worldwide. Ms. Diagnosed will explore why the inequality exists, why it persists, and how it can change.
ARTISTIC STATEMENT
The film will be directed and produced by the Emmy Award winning director of HBO’s “Autism: The Musical,” Tricia Regan. Ms. Regan built her reputation by taking difficult topics and making them accessible and entertaining. Her very first documentary, A Leap of Faith, tackled integration in war torn Belfast in the final year of the Troubles. After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, critics called the film “a thrilling story about how the world can change” and that it was “the most moving documentary at Sundance.” Another film Ms. Regan directed, Soldiers Pay, about the effects of PTSD on Iraq War veterans, played theatrically nationwide, was featured internationally in film festivals, and was televised on IFC. Tough subject matter, with complicated political and often medical/scientific landscapes, provides the springboard for Ms. Regan’s films, delivering an emotional journey that moves, educates and inspires. Ms. Regan’s goals are threefold – to create a call to action that inspires viewers to demand equality in medicine, to make sure women are fully informed not only about heart disease, but about the unique ways their bodies respond differently than men’s do to disease, and to empower women to take control of their own health.
KEY CREW
Tricia Regan - Producer/Director/Cinematographer
TRICIA REGAN is an award-winning director, producer and cinematographer of documentary film and television. She is the recipient of Primetime Emmy Award nominations for directing and cinematography, and the winner of a Primetime Emmy for Best Documentary for her feature length film, AUTISM: THE MUSICAL, which she directed, produced and shot, and which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was bought by HBO where it enjoyed it’s television premiere. Ms. Regan's film work has been theatrically distributed and broadcast on five different continents and in at least six different languages. Her credits include her first film, A LEAP OF FAITH, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1996. The film was narrated by Liam Neeson and was theatrically distributed and televised on PBS. SOLDIERS PAY (2004), which she co-directed with filmmaker David O. Russell, premiered at the BFI London Film Festival and was also theatrically distributed, having its television premiere on IFC. Ms. Regan’s television work includes directing, producing, and shooting for ABC, Fox, NBC, MTV, VH1, A&E, Lifetime, Discovery and TLC.
In addition to the Emmy award, Ms. Regan is the winner of two Cine Golden Eagle Awards, The Aurora Award, the Strive Award, the WIN award, The Voice Award, and nearly a dozen film festival awards internationally. Ms. Regan has a master’s degree from NYU and lives in New York City.
Jennifer Mieres, MD - Executive Producer
JENNIFER H. MIERES, M.D., FACC, is a Professor of Cardiology at the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, and Senior Vice President, Center for Equity of Care and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer of Northwell Health. Dr. Mieres is a leading expert in the fields of nuclear cardiology, cardiovascular disease in women and patient-centered healthcare advocacy. A graduate of Bennington College and Boston University School of Medicine, she is a Fellow of The American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and served as the first female President of the ASNC. Dr. Mieres is a leading advocate for health equity, women’s health, patient-centered healthcare and medical education reform. Her research in women’s cardiovascular health contributed to the nation’s imaging guidelines for women. She was an executive producer of the documentary, “A Woman’s Heart” (2002), which was nominated for an Emmy for Best Documentary in the Health Science category in 2003, as well as of a two-part documentary series aired nationally by PBS, entitled “Rx: The Quiet Revolution” and “Rx: Doctors of Tomorrow” (2015). Dr. Mieres is a published author of two books on women’s health and numerous scientific articles. Dr. Mieres is routinely called upon by national and local media for expert commentary and has been designated as a most-credible voice in the healthcare industry.
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