Films for the Humanities and Sciences - The Perfect Flaw: Triumphing over Facial Disfigurement

The Perfect Flaw: Triumphing over Facial Disfigurement

Through courage and determination, David Roche has turned a prominent physical liability into a priceless personal asset. In this program, David at 55 humorously recounts the details, alternately heart-wrenching and hilarious, of a life dominated by a facial vascular malformation, complicated by radiation burns. It is "the perfect flaw" because it revealed to him his strengths as a keynote speaker, a storytelling coach, and a husband to a woman who fell in love with him "at second sight." Today he uses the particulars of his life and his sense of humor to help people address universals such as self-esteem, fear of rejection, and acceptance of differences. (28 minutes)

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Item#: BVL31943
Copyright date: ©2002
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-7092-3
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-3991-7


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