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The waiting room / ITVS, Open'hood, Peer Review Films ; produced by Peter Nicks, William B. Hirsch, Linda Davis; directed by Peter Nicks.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hospitals--Emergency services.
- Hospitals.
- Health care reform--United States.
- Health care reform.
- Community life.
- Medical economics.
- Medical care.
- United States.
- Medical policy--United States.
- Medical policy.
- Medical care--California--Oakland.
- Medical economics--California--Oakland.
- Community life--California--Oakland.
- Oakland (Calif.)--Politics and government.
- Oakland (Calif.).
- Oakland (Calif.)--Social conditions.
- California--Oakland.
- Genre:
- Medical films (Motion pictures)
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (111 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pa.] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, 2013.
- Language Note:
- Closed captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- A character driven documentary film that uses extraordinary access to go behind the doors of an American public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients. The film offers a raw, intimate, and even uplifting look at how patients, staff caregivers each cope with disease, bureaucracy and hard choices. Includes the theatrical version and a short film including interviews with the people at the hospital, as well as outtakes.
- Contents:
- Theatrical version (82 min.)
- The waiting room : storytelling project (29 min).
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Peter Nicks ; original music, William Ryan Fritch ; editor, Lawrence Lerew.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.
- Resource page includes the option of making a clip.
- Publisher Number:
- bf-wait Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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