Defining Hope

Defining Hope

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Documentary
Runtime
77 mins
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We aren't dying the way we used to. We have ventilators, dialysis machines, ICUs-technologies that can "fix" us and keep our bodies alive-which have radically changed how we make medical decisions. In our death-denying culture, no matter how sick we get, there is always "hope." Defining Hope tells the story of patients dealing with life-threatening illness as they move between ICUs, operating rooms, hospice care and home. Diane is a nurse caring for end-stage cancer patients when she is diagnosed with ovarian cancer herself. 23-year-old Alena undergoes a risky brain surgery that destroys her short-term memory. 95-year-old Berthold lives with his elderly wife who struggles to honor his wish of dying peacefully at home. Defining Hope follows these patients and others- and the nurses that guide them along the way- as they face death, embrace hope, and ultimately redefine what makes life worth living.

Cast

  • Rudolph Bilotti Sr.
  • Berthold Cohen
  • Charlotte Cohen
  • Carmen Hernandez
  • Deborah LaFond
  • JoAnn Nayer-Grutza
  • Gilbert Oakley
  • Diane Ryan
  • Barbara Stephenson
  • Alena Sydnor
  • Carole Bailey
  • Nina Marrero
  • Raoul Marrero

Director

  • Carolyn Jones

Producers

  • Lisa Frank

Screenwriter

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