Movie Description
The American Nurse
(2014)Overview
THE AMERICAN NURSE is a heart-warming film that explores some of the biggest issues facing America - aging, war, poverty, prisons - through the work and lives of nurses. It is an examination of real people that will change how we think about nurses and how we wrestle with the challenges of healing America. THE AMERICAN NURSE is an important contribution to America's ongoing conversation about what it means to care. The film follows the paths of five nurses in various practice specialties including Jason Short as he drives up a rugged creek to reach a home-bound cancer patient in Appalachia. Tonia Faust, who runs a prison hospice program where inmates serving life sentences care for their fellow inmates as they're dying. Naomi Cross, as she coaches an ovarian cancer survivor through the Caesarean delivery of her son. Sister Stephen, a nun who runs a nursing home filled with goats, sheep, llamas and chickens, where the entire nursing staff comes together to sing for a dying resident.
Featured Crew
- Director : Carolyn Jones
- Producer : Lisa Frank
- Editor : Steve Heffner,Isabel Sadurni
- Cast : Lafayette Ballard,Stephen Bloesl,Jason Cross,Namoi Cross,Nathan Cross,Elizabeth Elam,Tonia Faust,Lydia Fletcher,Darrell Gertenschologer,Carolyn Jones,Dane Kaimuloa,Brian McMillion,Mary Prater,Mia Regalado,Jason Short,Felix Trent,Paul Trent,Rebecca Trent
Cast
Self
Self (as Sister Stephen Bloesl)
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Self (voice)
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Self
Self - Narrator
Self - Appalachian Hospice Nurse
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Self
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Facts
Original TitleThe American Nurse
Status Released
Release Information
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2014-05-08
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 21m
Homepagehttps://www.americannurseproject.com/
Production CompaniesCarolyn Jones Productions
Genres
- Documentary
