“We're very good at end-of-life care.”
That's what medical experts told Ryan and Amy Green after informing the parents that Joel, their young son, had terminal brain cancer. And it's what a faceless avatar can be seen telling the couple in “That Dragon, Cancer,” a video game based on Joel's life.
To understand why Ryan Green, a video-game programmer from Colorado, decided to chronicle his family's experiences this way, watch “Thank You For Playing,” a documentary from filmmakers David Osit and Malika Zouhali-Worrall that debuted on PBS on Oct 24. (It's available for streaming at pbs.org until Nov. 23.)
