2015
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Documentary Lab

Thank You for Playing

When Ryan Green, a video game programmer, learns that his young son Joel has cancer, he and his wife begin documenting their emotional journey with a poetic video game. Thank You for Playing follows Ryan and his family over two years creating "That Dragon, Cancer," which evolves from a cathartic exercise into a critically acclaimed work of art that sets the gaming industry abuzz. Lauded as "unimaginably intimate" by The New Yorker, the film is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the unique ways that art and technology can help us share profound experiences.

FILM TOPICS
Biographical
Health & Wellness
Science & Technology
FILMMAKERS
Meet the filmmakers behind the film.
ABOUT THE FILM
Documentary Lab
REGIONAL FOCUS
United States
Mountain West Region (U.S.)
DEMOGRAPHIC FOCUS
White Communities