Spend some time in ‘The Waiting Room’ (review)

The Waiting Room

Directed by Peter Nicks

Today (Friday, Jan 18), the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema begins an exclusive run of another of its 2012 festival favorites, The Waiting Room. When the shortlist of documentaries up for nomination for this year’s Academy Awards was released back in early December, director Peter Nicks found his film among the contenders. And even though it did not make the cut the film was in the mix for a reason, the day in the life of a U.S. hospital is an impactful and insightful piece of film making.

The Waiting Room is a riveting day in the life of an Oakland, California, public hospital’s overtaxed emergency room.  The purely observational character-driven documentary expertly weaves the stories of several patients, most of them are uninsured, and who come to the inner-city facility because they have nowhere else to go. (more…)

January 19, 2013 | Categories: Documentary, Reviews, Theatrical | Tags: Academy Award, Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, Documentary, Documentary film, Emergency department, Filmmaking, Friday, Hot Docs, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Oakland California, Peter Nicks, The Waiting Room, Waiting Room | 2 Comments