Defining Hope

Defining Hope (2017)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2017-11-03
  • Runtime: 1h 17min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Carolyn Jones Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Carolyn Jones

Summary

We aren't dying the way we used to. We have ventilators, dialysis machines, ICUs-technologies that can "fix" us and keep our bodies alive-which have radically changed how we make medical decisions. In our death-denying culture, no matter how sick we get, there is always "hope." Defining Hope tells the story of patients dealing with life-threatening illness as they move between ICUs, operating rooms, hospice care and home. Diane is a nurse caring for end-stage cancer patients when she is diagnosed with ovarian cancer herself. 23-year-old Alena undergoes a risky brain surgery that destroys her short-term memory. 95-year-old Berthold lives with his elderly wife who struggles to honor his wish of dying peacefully at home. Defining Hope follows these patients and others- and the nurses that guide them along the way- as they face death, embrace hope, and ultimately redefine what makes life worth living.

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  • Rudolph Bilotti Sr.

    as Self
  • Berthold Cohen

    as Self
  • Charlotte Cohen

    as Self
  • Carmen Hernandez

    as Self
  • Deborah LaFond

    as Self - Nurse
  • JoAnn Nayer-Grutza

    as Self - Nurse
  • Gilbert Oakley

    as Self - Nurse
  • Diane Ryan

    as Self - Nurse
  • Barbara Stephenson

    as Self
  • Alena Sydnor

    as Self
  • Carole Bailey

    as Self
  • Nina Marrero

    as Self
  • Raoul Marrero

    as Self
Production Jeannie Patz Blaustein Executive Producer
Camera Jaka Vinšek Director of Photography
Production Lisa Frank Producer
Editing Laura Israel Editor
Production Carolyn Jones Executive Producer
Editing Candace Thompson Editor
Editing Chelsea A. Smith Editor
Directing Lisa Frank Assistant Director
Production Kate Judge Executive Producer
Production Anna Rooney Associate Producer
Sound Marc Ribot Original Music Composer
Directing Carolyn Jones Director

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