Jahan Fahimi

Resident doctor, Highland Hospital, Oakland, California

Video for "The Waiting Room" -- 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 – using a blend of cinema verité and characters’ voiceover – offers a raw, intimate, and even uplifting look at how patients, executive staff and caregivers each cope with disease, bureaucracy and hard choices. It is a film about fighting for survival when the odds are stacked against you >>>

19-Apr-2010
Share/Save/Bookmark