I agreed to interview Sylvia Soo, left, because I thought it would be a nice change of pace to speak with the subject of a documentary rather than the filmmakers. Turns out not even Soo had seen I Don’t Have Time For This, which debuted at Toronto’s Regent Cinema on Wednesday before screening on W network tomorrow at noon (October 23). I Don’t Have Time For This follows five young women in their 20s and 30s and documents their struggles with breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Sitting with the vibrant, seemingly tireless Soo, it’s hard to imagine the ringer she’s been through during the three years since she discovered a lump in her breast while taking off her bra one night. She was working in Korea at the time and decided to wait until she was back in Canada before pursuing a biopsy. The news wasn’t good.
But neither the surgeries or chemotherapy could truly slow Soo down; she became a cancer activist working with the “spunky” Re-Think Breast Cancer organization; she blogged about her journey back to health and is now working on a resource book for other young women affected by the disease.
“Sharing my story has been therapeutic,” says Soo. “I found myself telling my story over and over to my family and friends so I thought, well, why don’t I just do a blog and capture my reactions on video. From there it wasn’t such a stretch to agree to be filmed for the documentary.”
Although she’s got a slew of successful TV credits under her belt, Toronto-based executive producer Maria Armstrong says, “This is one of the most important projects we’ve ever undertaken. If it gets one woman, of any age, to get a mammogram, then we have accomplished what we set out to do.”
October is breast cancer awareness month; if you can’t see the doc on W tomorrow, click through and watch the moving trailer here.
Photo by Christopher Jones
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