Hernan Barangan's Road Rebellion: The West

Hernan Barangan's film,“Road Rebellion” will air on KCET on October 8.

Hernan Barangan, a teen cancer survivor, has a mission. Supported by Teen Cancer America, Baragan will go out to 50 states to find 50 teens to film 50 stories of teens with cancer so that the united voice of young people across the U.S. can be heard. Below are the friends he met and interviewed during his journey in the West. All images courtesy of Teen Cancer America.

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

We met Kalina, ovarian cancer survivor, who is an amazing rock climber!  

BOISE, IDAHO

Spoke to Hanna who is recovering from a Brain Tumor, and Trevor, a young cancer survivor who is doing a lot of local activism (Below).

BILLINGS, MONTANA

We filmed with Will, who was diagnosed with ALL at age 15 and has a great high school band.

RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA

We filmed with Dejon, brain cancer survivor who loves going fishing!

FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA

We met Makenzie who was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
We also met Emily, who is ten years out from treatment! (Below)

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

Thanks to Amanda Woelk at Children’s Mercy, we met Isaiah who is 15 and was just diagnosed only a month ago. Also Brittany who is still in treatment (Below).

AMES, IOWA

We caught up with Derek who is a freshman at Iowa State University, nasopharyngeal carcinoma survivor, and engineering/journalism double major.

OMAHA, NEBRASKA

Thanks to Jeannine and Peter at Nebraska Med we met Dominick whose High School Football career was interrupted by cancer and Kevon who beat a really advanced brain tumor (Below).

CHEYENNE, WYOMING

 We interviewed Donovan, and filmed him as he was getting his first tattoo to commemorate his 3rd year anniversary cancer free.

LOVELAND, COLORADO

We filmed with Tristan who was a skater before he was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma.  Now that he can’t skate anymore he has combined his love for skateboards with his interest in cameras.

DENVER, COLORADO

We filmed at First Descents headquarters with Wildflower, who had been a Kayak group leader helping young people with cancer before suddenly last year he found out he had cancer in his thyroid and lymph nodes. 

Watch a preview of Hernan Barangan's film,“Road Rebellion” below. The documentary will air on KCET on October 8.

“Road Rebellion” follows filmmaker and leukemia survivor Hernan Barangan as he aims to change the face of US healthcare for teenagers and young adults with cancer. In 2015, Barangan set out on a quest to film the voices of young cancer patients from every state in the country. Their stories raise the profile of their unique challenges. The filmmaker plans to create a lasting legacy for the young people of the future.