Animator Sheldon Cohen on his life-altering heart attack
Sheldon Cohen (The Sweater) has returned to film with a witty, visceral short movie called My Heart Attack.
Heart attacks don't always happen at convenient moments. One might strike, for instance, while your wife is busy giving mouth-to-mouth to a stranger's dog.
Sheldon Cohen remembers his heart attack as if it were a dream sequence, but the surreal and bizzarly-timed event had a very real impact on his life. The Montreal animator — whose work includes the classic Canadian short, The Sweater — has returned to film with a witty, visceral short movie called My Heart Attack.
Cohen joins guest host Gill Deacon to share the lessons he learned from invasive, open-heart surgery and why he wants more Canadians to understand the realities of heart-related diseases (especially if they, like him, think heart attacks only happen to "other people").
WEB EXTRA | Watch two clips of The Heart Attack below. Have you or someone you know experienced a near-death experience? Share your story in the comments below.
Cohen joins guest host Gill Deacon to share the lessons he learned from invasive, open-heart surgery and why he wants more Canadians to understand the realities of heart-related diseases (especially if they, like him, think heart attacks only happen to "other people").
WEB EXTRA | Watch two clips of The Heart Attack below. Have you or someone you know experienced a near-death experience? Share your story in the comments below.