Be Here Now (Lilibet Foster, 2015): USA\Australia

Reviewed By Reynaldo Ayon Viewed at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2016 Fiesta 2

The oscar nominated Documentary directed by Lilibet Foster and staring the main actor of the show Spartacus(Andy Whitfield) and his family has to do with the Story and hardships andy had to go through with his case of cancer. He Struggles throughout the time he was diagnosted with the news and so does not give up on his life,career or his family. Instead he decides to the continue to shoot the Tv series and continue his life as if it were normal the entire time. The entire story of this film is to give out the message to people who are suffering through cancer and ton give people the strength and hope they need to continue life as normal as possible.

The Story of Andy starts out after he auditioned for the main lead of the show Spartacus. Training to get fit for the show he kept telling the trainer that his back kept hurting during and after the training sessions he had with the crew. He went to get it checked out and soon after was told he had partial elements of cancer inside his system but with the chemotherapy. He went normally through all the sessions and soon after it disappeared and he was clean. A couple months after that in order to film the second season of the spartacus was found with more traces of a tumor and he had to undergo chemo again.

The film shows the struggle and the journey and and his wife and children have to go through in order to help andy battle cancer while dealing with everyday life situations. He travels around the world for 18 months avoiding chemotherapy to find a different alternative and a cure andy. the views get the chance to see the struggles of andy and get to know him more than just “Spartacus”. The views will see him break down and it will give a different perspective of him and it gives the aspect that not everything is life should be given up that easy. The film has already gain awards and has the support of many people which is a excellent documentary to watch.