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Hospital
- Title
- Hospital [videorecording] / An Osti Film ; produced by Frederick Wiseman.
- Publication
- Cambridge, MA : Zipporah Films, 1969.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | VTH 1925 H | Offsite |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Wiseman, Frederick.
- Description
- 1 videocassette (84 min.) : sd., b&w.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Filmed over a five-week period at New York City's Metropolitan Hospital, Wiseman's cinema verité documentary tracks what occurs in the emergency, operating and receiving rooms, the wards and outpatient clinics. The cases depicted illustrate the degree to which medical expertise, availability of resources, organizational considerations and the nature of communication among the staff and patients affect the delivery of appropriate health care. They also reveal the interconnectness of hospital responsibilities to the city's social conditions outside its doors and to other social agencies, for example, welfare and children's services. The film concludes with a Mass conducted in the hospital's chapel and attended by patients and staff.
- Subject
- Credits (note)
- Producer, director, editor, Frederick Wiseman; photographer, William Brayne.
- Title
- Hospital [videorecording] / An Osti Film ; produced by Frederick Wiseman.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, MA : Zipporah Films, 1969.
- Credits
- Producer, director, editor, Frederick Wiseman; photographer, William Brayne.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Wiseman, Frederick.
- Branch Call Number
- VTH 1925 H