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Original title: The Waiting Room
Year: 2012
Running time: 81 min.
Country: United States
Director: Peter Nicks
Cast: Documentary
Producer: Open'hood
Genre: Documentary | Disease/illness. Poverty
Synopsis: The Waiting Room is 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' voice over - offers a raw, intimate, and even uplifting look at how patients, executive staff and caregivers each cope with disease, bureaucracy and hard choices.

Awards: 2012: Gotham Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary

2012: Independent Spirit Awards: Truer Than Fiction Award. 2 Nominations

2012: San Francisco Film Critics Circle: Best Documentary

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The Waiting Room

2012

Peter Nicks