VGH ED documentary makes it to the big screen
A special presentation of one of the episodes of Emergency Room: Life and Death at VGH, a documentary filmed in the emergency department at VGH, will air at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival this weekend in Vancouver. After the one hour episode airs, the event will include an extended Q&A session with Dr. Andrew Campbell, VGH physician, and Deborah Allman, VGH social worker, who were featured in the series, and film director Kevin Eastwood, and commissioning editor Murray Battle.
When: Sunday, May 4, 2014
Time: 3 pm
Where: VIFF’s Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street, Vancouver
Cost: $10-$12
For more information or to purchase tickets visit the DOXA website.
All of the episodes can be viewed online for free.
Karen LeBeau
Congratuations on getting to the big screen!
This was a great series, and I am pleased to see that there is more opportunity for public viewing and hopefully, public awareness of the emotional, intellectual, and physcial challenges and joys of working in the ER ( and really, health care in general).
My 9 year old daughter and I watched this series faithfully every week and really looked forward to each episode. We laughed, we were grossed out, we were amazed, we got to know the staff, and often, quite often in fact, we cried.
As a health care provider I really felt that my daughter could appreciate and understand the human experiences that her dad and I have on a daily basis ( he is a physcian and I am a nurse). It was an amazing experience on so many levels.
Thank you from all of us.