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UNITED NATIONS
NATIONS UNIES
21st Century
Producer:
Mary Ferreira
Script Version : Final
Length: 5’12”
ARGENTINA: THE NUCLEAR SOLUTION ON CANCER (TRT 5’12”)
INTRO
More than 12 million people globally are diagnosed with cancer each year. But what
used to be a death-sentence now needn’t be. In Argentina, cutting-edge technology is
offering new hope.
TITLE SLATE:
ARGENTINA: A NUCLEAR SOLUTION TO CANCER
VIDEO
CARLOS PEREZ AT HOSPITAL
CARLOS ON CAM
AUDIO
CARLOS PEREZ: (In Spanish)
“When they tell you, “you have cancer,”
it’s like your world comes crashing down.
It’s like all your projects… your family,
children, grandchildren… it’s like you
know how it’s all going to end.” (20")
-2NARRATION
TIME LAPSE
TRAFFIC/STREET
Every year, more than twelve million
people around the world will receive bad
news – they have contracted some form
TEXT ON SCREEN:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
UNDERGOING TESTS
of cancer, one of the leading causes of
death in the 21st century. (13")
In 2010, Carlos Perez was diagnosed
with throat cancer. It all began when
Carlos felt something was wrong with his
voice. (9")
CARLOS PEREZ: (In Spanish)
CARLOS ON-CAM
“It practically had no sound. I spoke very
softly.” (12")
“The cancer caught my larynx and part
CARLOS ON-CAM
of the vocal cords.” (10")
I was shocked. Shocked with fear, fear
CARLOS UNDERGOING TESTS
for my family, for my daughters, for my
wife, fear of leaving them.” (14")
NARRATION
CARLOS WITH MELODY IN CAR
The news was devastating, especially for
his youngest daughter, Melody. (5")
-3-
MELODY: (In Spanish)
MELODY ON-CAM
“When I found out? I cried. I cried and
cried and thought the worst.” (4")
CARLOS LOOKING WORRIED
MELODY: (In Spanish)
DAUGHTER OF SURVIVOR
“I want my dad to live forever. I don’t
MELODY ON-CAM
want to ever imagine not having him."
(9")
CARLOS UNDERGOING TESTS
NARRATION
But thanks to new technologies, the
disease was not a death sentence. (10")
CARLOS PEREZ: (In Spanish)
SHOTS OF HOSPITAL
‘They treated me with chemotherapy for
CARLOS ON-CAM
about five months and later with 40
CARLOS IN TREATMENT
radiotherapy sessions, one in the
morning and one in the afternoon.” (17")
MELODY: (In Spanish)
MELODY ON-CAM
“We were constantly rotating, the four
girls and my mother, taking care of him
and staying with him.” (10")
-4CARLOS PEREZ: (In Spanish)
CARLOS ON-CAM
“They say that I’m doing very well,
CARLOS DRIVING
without any complications. I have a
yearly check-up every year. ” (10")
NARRATION
TIME LAPSE CITY SHOTS
Over the last decade, people throughout
STREET SHOTS
Latin America and the Caribbean have had
TECHNICIAN CARRYING OUT TESTS
access to cutting edge technologies. These
advances are part of a global effort by the
International Atomic Energy Agency to put
nuclear medicine centre stage in the fight
against cancer. (19")
DR. EDUARDO SAVIO: (In Spanish)
SUPER:
“Nuclear medicine is a specialized area
Dr. Eduardo Savio, Chemical
Physicist
that uses radioactive substances which
are administered to a person and
distributed to specific organs and tissues.
DR. SAVIO ON CAMERA
Using this distribution of substances, we
can determine the best way to help
patients.” (28")
TIME LAPSE CITY SHOTS
NARRATION
It’s a system which detects whether any
nodules or lumps are cancerous so that
the right treatment can be given without
delay. (7")
-5-
NARRATION
Experts say over the next two decades,
PEOPLE IN STREETS
cancer rates will jump by 70% worldwide.
Currently some eight million people die
each year from the disease.
CARLOS AND MELODY
But the increased use of technologies
like nuclear medicine offers a glimmer of
hope for sufferers, and their families,
around the world. (21")
CARLOS ON-CAM
CARLOS PEREZ: (In Spanish)
“I think that nuclear medicine is the
essential basis for the cure of cancer. I
CARLOS ANDMELODY WALKING
believe that whoever invented this cure is
AWAY
a genius. The truth is that I am infinitely
grateful to them because they’ve done
very well.” (30")