Film at Piedmont Forum: 'Waiting Room'

Award-Winning Film Screening at Piedmont Community Church  

On Sunday, July 22nd at 7 pm, stop by Piedmont Community Church for a screen­ing and discussion of the acclaimed documentary film The Waiting Room prior to its nationwide release in theaters.

We will be joined by director Peter Nicks - Emmy award winner, UC Berkeley grad and Piedmont resident.

The Waiting Room is a feature-length immersive documentary that uses unprecedented access to go behind the doors of Oakland’s Highland Hospital.

Stretched to the breaking point, Highland is the primary care facility for 250,000 patients of nearly every nationality, race, and religion, with 250 patients – most of them uninsured – crowding its emergency room every day.

Using a blend of cinema verité and characters’ voiceover, the film offers a raw, intimate, and often uplifting look at how patients, staff and caregivers cope with disease, bureaucracy, frustration, hope and hard choices during one typically hec­tic day. This screening is freeand open to the public.   

For more information, contact Rev. Don Ashburn at 547-5700 and go to http://www.whatruwaitingfor.com/.