When Maya Kowalski was 10 years old, the once-vibrant Florida girl began exhibiting a troubling array of ailments: her feet began to cramp and curl inward, she couldn't stop coughing, headaches nearly disabled her, and lesions appeared on her its limbs. Her loving parents, Jack and Beata, weren't desperate even for a cure, but simply for a diagnosis of what ailed her beloved firstborn. For Beata, a Polish immigrant and nurse known for her direct nature, it was yet another challenge to overcome, another medical mystery to unravel. What would unfold over the next few years was a nightmare that even the ever-prepared Beata could not predict, a complicated story with a heartbreaking and totally unfinished conclusion that should terrify everyone. First-time filmmaker Henry Roosevelt tries to unravel what happened to the Kowalskis (and, as the film ultimately alleges, what happened to many other American families) in the documentary "Take Care of Maya," a harrowing look an...
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