The Human Trial

The Frida Cinema is pleaesd to welcome Director Lisa Hepner on September 26th for a post film Q&A of her new documentary The Human Trial.  From directors and partners, Lisa Hepner and Guy Mossman, The Human Trial is more than a decade in the making, following a breakthrough clinical trial using live human guinea pigs to uncover the cure for diabetes.

Driven by Hepner’s own struggles with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and her mission to find the long overdue cure, the filmmakers chronicle the journey of two patients living with T1D as they undergo a radical stem cell trial.

Widely acclaimed with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score, The Human Trial is a gripping tale revealing that behind every breakthrough treatment are the patients who underwent it first and the scientists who sacrificed everything.