Shoulder to Shoulder: A Parkinson’s Journey
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY · IN PRODUCTION
Told she has an incurable disease, filmmaker Sonia Machado-Hines does the one thing she knows best to fight back: she picks up a camera and documents hers and others journey as they fight to survive. A positive, inspiring journey featuring Sonia Machado-Hines, with Ed Begley Jr. and Rachelle Carson-Begley. Expected runtime: 80 minutes.
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The story & the people behind it
After a Parkinson’s diagnosis, filmmaker Sonia Machado-Hines turns the camera on her own life. Alongside her husband and producing partner, Terence Bernie Hines, she begins a personal search for answers, connection, and ways to keep creating.
Through her experience and those of other people living with Parkinson’s and their caregivers—including Ed Begley Jr. and Rachelle Carson-Begley—the film explores how illness reshapes work, relationships, and everyday life.
Sonia meets patients, caregivers, doctors, and researchers, documenting what helps, what does not, and what remains unknown.
Director — Sonia Machado-Hines
Producer — Terence Bernie Hines
Executive Producer — Christy Didier
Featuring — Ed Begley Jr. and Rachelle Carson-Begley