The waiting room [dvd videorecording] /
Docurama ; directed by Peter Nicks.
- 1 DVD video (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from web page. Originally released as a motion picture in 2012. Special features: Audio commentary with director Pete Nicks; Outtakes/Extended scenes.
A character-driven documentary film that goes behind the doors of an American public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients. Young victims of gun violence take their turn alongside artists and small business owners who lack insurance. The film weaves the stories of several patients-as well as the hospital staff charged with caring for them-as they cope with the complexity of the nation's public health care system, while dealing with a national recession.
Rating: Not rated.
DVD, widescreen; Region 1, NTSC.
Closed-captioned.
025192205910
88128928000 Docurama
Midwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com
Hospitals--Emergency services. Health care reform--United States. Medical policy--United States. Medical care--California--Oakland. Medical economics--California--Oakland. Community life--California--Oakland.
Oakland (Calif.)--Politics and government. Oakland (Calif.)--Social conditions.
Medical films (Motion pictures) Documentary films. Feature films. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.