Agency - English program:.Quebec Centre.

Director, Dan Curtis ; writer, Jim Osborne ; camera, Dan Curtis ; sound, Dan Curtis ; picture editing, Dan Curtis ; music composer, Tobin Stokes ; producer, Adam Symansky, Pierre Lapointe ; executive producer, Sally Bochner ; sound editor, Don Ayer ; re-recording, Serge Boivin, Jean Paul Vialard, Geoffrey Mitchell.

Recorded 2003.

Luke Melchior jokes that at least he doesn't have to watch his cholesterol intake. Already, at 26, he has lived longer than most people with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a progressive wasting of the muscles. Knowing his life will be relatively short has made Luke feel an urgency about making a lasting contribution. He lives independently, with the help of three homecare workers, runs a web-based business selling outdoor gear, and chairs the board of the Disability Resource Centre in Victoria, BC, where he is a passionate advocate for the rights of the disabled. Bearing Witness: Luke Melchior is a candid portrait of a year in Luke's life. Though his illness may set him apart, he is essentially a young man like so many others: concerned with making his way in the world, being as independent as possible and finding a girlfriend. Bearing Witness consists of three films, each approximately one hour long, on people with life-threatening illnesses. The series also profiles Jocelyn Morton, who died of liver cancer at 44, and Robert Coley-Donohue, who died of ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease) at age 74.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).