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D2KFF Stopping for Death: The Nurses of Wells House Hospice
(Rated NR)
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Stopping for Death: The Nurses of Wells House Hospice | 2013 |1hr 36min
Documentary follows four people working a job few Americans would want: tending to a house full of dying people. They are nurses, but also therapists, entertainers, disciplinarians, and, perhaps most importantly family to these patients. Filmed at one of the only full-time residential hospices in the country we see these nurses waver between fulfillment and despair, clashing with management and fighting budget cuts while trying to keep life as normal as possible for their dying patients. Awards– (2014): Official Selection-Salt Spring Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection-Imagesante International Film Festival. (2013): Official Selection-DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection Athens International Film and Video Festival, Official Selection Newburyport Documentary and Film Festival, Official Selection- Food For Thought Documentary Screening Series.
Film followed by post-screening discussion with Circle of Friends for the Dying co-founders and filmmaker, Wendy Roderweiss.