While Brinley Madison may not be a fan of celebs and their self-serving faux-humble activism (her words, not ours!), even she couldn’t turn her nose up at the recent brilliant New York Times op-ed piece by Angelina Jolie in which she detailed her difficult decision to get a preventative double mastectomy to reduce her risk of later getting breast cancer.

Disclaimer: We, the authors of Georgetown Academy, have been huge Angelina fans from the beginning. We’re talking Gia, Playing by Heart beginning. (What? Never heard of Playing by Heart the amazing moving starring Jolie, Ryan Phillippe, Jon Stewart and Sean Connery? Watch it and thank us later). Today we celebrate 38 years of her brilliance!

Now that Angie’s safely recovered and globe-trotting in stunning gowns with Brad Pitt on her arm, we thought we’d celebrate her triumph and promote breast-cancer prevention by sharing A Proper Send-Off, a short film we wrote for the Glamour Reel Moments Film Festival in 2011.

The dramedy stars Jacinda Barrett, was directed by Eva Longoria (with a cameo from George Kotsiopoulos for all you Fashion Police fans out there), and is based on the true story of one Glamour reader who, like Angelina, tested positive for the BRCA gene…and the somewhat, let’s just say, unexpected route she took to make her decision.

Hope you enjoy! xx