In 2007, Dee Dee Ricks was a 39-year-old hedge fund consultant who lived for high-end shopping and the million-dollar deals that financed her family’s sprawling 65th-floor Manhattan apartment and lavish lifestyle.
She and her two young sons now live in a 2-bedroom flat, and Ms. Ricks’s spare cash and time goes toward her philanthropic efforts on behalf of underinsured cancer patients.
It was her own breast cancer diagnosis that spurred the transformation, a process captured in “The Education of Dee Dee Ricks.” The documentary, directed by Perri Peltz, will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday and run on HBO in October.
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