When Lasik eye surgery destroys a filmmaker’s vision, she decides to make a movie about it. What starts out as an attempt to hang onto her lifelong passion turns into a harrowing investigation into a multibillion industry and the discovery of an underground network of thousands of patients permanently scarred by Lasik, the so-called “safest elective surgery on the market.” Minnesota filmmaker Dana Conroy’s debut feature is an intimate and explosive documentary that demands to be seen. More at MSP Films
Film Details
Program: MN Made
Release Year: 2024
Runtime: 78 min
Country/Region: USA
Language: English
Tags: Documentary, Guest Attending, Health, Journalism, MN Made, Women Directors
Cast/Crew
Director: Dana Conroy
Executive Producer: Cynthia J. MacKay, MD
Producer: Kyle Walczak, Mike Scholtz
Cinematographer: Ben Dempcy, Kristofor Gieske
Editor: Kevin Russell, Mike Scholtz, Kristofor Gieske
Dana Johnson, filmmaker, and Cynthia J. MacKay, MD MD, Executive Producer
Pictured, left to right: Ed Boshnick (optometrist that fits contact lenses that restore vision of LASIK patients); Morris Waxler (head of FDA committee that approved LASIK); Paula Cofer (LASIK-damaged patient, founder of anti-LASIK advocacy), Dana Johnson (filmmaker of “Broken Eyes”), Dr Cynthia J. MacKay (Executive Producer of “Broken Eyes”)
Pictured, left to right: Arthur Stampleman (Cynthia J MacKay MD’s husband), Cynthia J MacKay MD, Paula Cofer, Tim Lima (LASIK-damaged patient), Morris Waxler in front of the Main Cinema immediately before the world premiere of “Broken Eyes” at the Minneapolis International Film Festival, April 14, 2024.
