Several of the interviews I conducted, the film crew cried through the whole interview. When we first put it together without my narration, we invited twenty women who were either mothers, teachers, or professionals to view it and give us feedback, and it was too intense without the narration. So we put in the narration and tried to dilute it even more because the whole point is to get something that people can manage to look at and can get all the way through. Since the video was released in 1997, KidsCope has distributed hundreds of copies in forty-eight states and five foreign countries. King says she has gotten positive feedback from mothers, psychologists, oncologists, and nurses.
People write back and say it's wonderful, very helpful and useful.
King says KidsCope is hoping to get both the comic and the video translated into several foreign languages, to get the Blockbuster Video chain to stock the video as a free public service, and to get the Kemo Shark comic into public libraries. She admits there is a dearth of products designed to help the children of parents with cancer, and she hopes KidsCope's efforts inspire others to create new and different kinds of materials for these kids. Hunter-Gault, an Emory parent, will speak during the Emory Medal ceremony on September 26 at 11 a.m. in Glenn Memorial Church.