Critical Condition
People:
Roger Weisberg (Director/producer)
Jilann Spitzmiller (California) (Co-director/-producer)
Heather Courtney (Texas) (Co-director/-producer)
Christopher White (Editor)
Richard Fiocca (Composer)
Grants:
$75,000 outreach and audience engagement in 2008
Awards:
Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism
Cinequest Film Festival – San Jose, CA 3/08
Tiburon International Film Festival – Tiburon, CA 3/08
Arizona International Film Festival – Tucson, AZ 4/08
Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival – Houston, TX 4/08, (Gold Remi
Award)
Trenton Film Festival – Trenton, NJ 5/08 (Documentary Award)
New Jersey International Film Festival – Rutgers University, NJ 6/08,
(Honorable Mention)
Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Independents Night – New York, NY 6/08
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival – New York, NY 6/08
Breckenridge Film Festival – Breckenridge, CO 6/08
Rhode Island International Film Festival – Providence, RI 8/08
About the Project
Critical Condition, a feature documentary by Roger Weisberg, paints a disturbing and gripping portrait of what happens when you're sick and uninsured in America. The unforgettable subjects of this cinema verite documentary discover that being uncovered can cost them their jobs, health, homes, savings, and even their lives. Unlike Michael Moore's Sicko, which illustrated the problems of people with private insurance, Critical Condition looks at the harrowing struggles of people battling serious illness with no insurance whatsoever. By exposing the tragic human dimensions of this crisis, Critical Condition makes viewers feel both outraged and motivated to address this national disgrace while healthcare reform is happening in America.
The Fledgling Fund Impact
We are pleased to provide funding to support an enhanced web-based audience engagement strategy designed to connect with new audiences. We believe that this film combined with its audience engagement campaign is an important tool in raising the level of debate and putting a human face on an incredibly complex public policy issue.
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