Third Sight Anthony R. Sciullo

A drama about a mother's painful choice between career and family. Esther Veduto is a scientist and CEO of GenOptik, a struggling biotech company under mounting pressure to market an experimental treatment for degenerative blindness. When her teenage son Nick is diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary disease that eventually results in blindness, she is forced to reevaluate her priorities and accept culpability. As nick struggles to come to terms with his vision loss, Esther and her husband tom argue over possible treatments. With GenOptik in danger from a hostile takeover, Tome threatening to move out, and Nick's vision rapidly deteriorating, Esther is pushed to her limits. But only when she's willing to risk everything she loves does Esther discover a way to save her company, her marriage and her son's eyesight.

CREDITS

Writer: Anthony R. Sciullo

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS

 Biology

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Feature Films

A science focused teaching framework for short and feature films, all of which have received awards from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their depictions of scientific themes or characters.