The impetus for the series comes from my own experience. Never having had a serious illness, I (like many others) was blindsided by a cancer diagnosis.  Statistically, more people get cancer every year.  There is also more effective treatment. I had large diffuse b-cell lymphoma.  I meditate, believe in holistic treatment, and have a strong desire to live.  With my background as a researcher, journalism professor, and documentary filmmaker, I assumed I would be well equipped to navigate sometimes frightening decisions that needed to make that would effect my survival and quality of life.

HEALING PLACES – worldwide documentaries

ROSLYN DAUBER is an award-winning documentary filmmaker for over 20 years.  Her latest documentary -A NEW UNDERSTANDING: THE SCIENCE OF PSILOCYBIN will be released this fall.  The documentary features the pioneer neuroscientists, psychiatrists, and therapists who run clinical trials on the benefits of psilocybin for the terminally ill.  With a Master’s degree in Science, Technology & Public Policy from G.W.U. Roz is especially suited to create science and medical related videos.  Having spent 4 years as producer/writer on A NEW UNDERSTANDING; the SCIENCE OF PSILOCYBIN, she’s  keenly aware of the public interest and promise of non-prescription Schedule 1 drugs – marijuana, MDMA, and psychedelics.  Educating the public is the key to growth and change.  As a cancer survivor active in the Cancer Support Community, she’s seen how vital readily accessible and comprehensible information is.  Her films, ‘Tara’s Daughters’ about Tibetan women refugees, ‘Upward & Outward’ the educational film showing the scientific method for the National Science Foundation, among others, have taken her to Tibet, the Gobi Desert, Peru, Europe and research facilities around the world.  Roslyn was a journalism associate professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder for seven years.