How I am: (Wie ich bin)
"I'm like a hermit on an island," is the way Patrick Wanker describes his life with autism. With the dreams and fears of a teenager, but with wisdom and pain beyond his years, Patrick invites us into his emotional world through the words he painstak...
Dying to Live
About twenty people die each day in the United States waiting for a life-saving transplant organ that never comes — because too few of us are donors. When an organ does become available doctors have only a few hours to get it from the donor to the...
Famous 4A
This film portrays the rhythms of hospice life and challenges stereotypes of aging and dying. It captures the bond shared between patients and caregivers and grown children and their ailing parents. The film is a universal look at seeking humor, tru...
Hidden wounds
It's estimated that one in six of the troops returning home from the Iraq War will suffer some form of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Hidden Wounds explores this painful reality through the stories of three New England veterans and their st...
Handmaidens
Nurses are expected to be sweet, caring, and quietly efficient while working under difficult and stressful circumstances, including disrespectful treatment from colleagues and administrators. Some studies suggest that many who enter nursing grew up ...
Taking a sexual history: clinical strategies for assessing HIV risk
These unrehearsed vignettes show a variety of clinicians interviewing actual patients about their sexual and drug-using histories. While invaluable for evaluating HIV risk, these approaches will also enable clinicians to assess risks for other sexua...
Not just a bad day: living with bipolar disorder
To the outsider, Mike, Erin, and Martha appear to have little in common, but they are all living under the shadow of one of the most commonly misunderstood and misdiagnosed mental illnesses - bipolar disorder. Not Just a Bad Day challenges the ster...
The weight of obesity: a balanced reality
Obesity is second only to smoking as the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States. Minority and low-income communities have been the hardest hit. Ironically, in the midst of this epidemic, American families are chronically undernouri...
Stroke
Shortly after his marriage to filmmaker Katarina Peters, 33-year-old cellist Boris Baberkoff suffered a stroke during the couple's wedding trip to New York City. This autobiographical film documents their journey through pain, crisis, guilt, and reh...
The Other Side of Blue: The Truth About Teenage Depression
The difficulty of dealing with depression as a teen is discussed and four young people tell their stories about depression, attempted suicide, and getting help. The film includes commentary by two psychiatrists and a social worker who work with teen...