The official trailer for "The Waiting Room," a feature length documentary film exploring the daily struggle of patients and caregivers as they pass through the waiting room of Highland Hospital, a public hospital serving in Oakland, CA. It is a co-production between ITVS, Open'hood, and Peer Review Films.
The official trailer for "The Waiting Room," a feature length documentary film exploring the daily struggle of patients and caregivers as they pass through the waiting room of Highland Hospital, a public hospital serving in Oakland, CA. It is a co-production between ITVS, Open'hood, and Peer Review Films.
Highland patient Jerry Allsup recalls being an alarm company salesman in the 70s. He tells the story of trying to sell an expensive alarm system to legendary television producer Norman Lear. Allsup worked on Lear for days trying to sell him the system. One day he thought he finally had him and went in for the "hard close." What Lear told him he has never forgotten to this day.
Shamsi Aruobi talks about trying to get his life back on track after being released from prison. Aruobi and his family left Afghanistan when he was a child.
Mark Wilkerson talks about the pressure he's under after being laid off from his job as a supply clerk. He doesn't know when he'll find work and is struggling to manage his health without insurance. But Mark believes God will bless him. "It's gonna be all right."
Jorge Powinforbes, a diabetic, talks about how easy access to health care in his native Guyana encourages people to visit health clinics and hospitals more often.
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