A film by Helen S. Cohen and Mark Lipman. More at Open Studio Productions.

"I made a decision to be of service to people. And I gave it my all." Dr. Grace Dammann was a frontline AIDS physician who miraculously survived a head-on collision on the Golden Gate Bridge. The accident left her wheelchair-bound and faced with a drastically altered reality. Now on the other side of the caretaker-patient divide Grace is forced to renegotiate her way of being in the world. "States of Grace" is a new documentary about her life. Not just a film about an incredible woman and the people who love her, it is also a moving meditation on loss, resilience and the renewal of the human spirit.

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  • Loving Heart

    Life gave Grace an opportunity to receive care; after so many years of giving she is now accepting what others' have to give. That's an important Life, Universe lesson. A way to open and awake to Oneness. She/Love/Spirit/Grace is the giver and receiver.

  • pam

    How she has dealt with her feelings, expressed them and somehow has worked with them to move beyond their restrictions. I want to see the documentary! It would help me with aging - I feel disabled too.

  • nina

    How your life as you know it can change in an instant.

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  • Learn more about States of Grace and read the Directors' Statement  about the film's history.
  • Read A Story of Grace & Grit -- an in-depth interview with Dr. Grace Dammann.
  • Grace's commitment to service is inspiring. When faced with a challenge or loss of your own, make an effort to still reach out in some small way to serve another.

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