The Woody Guthrie Center is, at its core, an educational facility, so when we were approached about screening The Lion’s Mouth Opens in our theater, we were thrilled with the opportunity. This documentary not only follows one person’s journey, it also raises awareness of Huntington’s Disease, which will hopefully result in additional research for a cure. This fight for research and a cure was begun through the tireless work of Woody’s wife Marjorie, who helped found the Committee to Combat Huntington’s Disease, later formed into the Huntington’s Disease Society. This dreadful disease robbed Woody and his siblings of their mother, Nora Belle, who was institutionalized in an asylum for the mentally ill, where she passed away due to complications from Huntington’s. The lack of understanding of Huntington’s