To Hurt and to Heal
To Hurt and to Heal | |
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Directed by | Laura Sky |
Produced by | Laura Sky |
Cinematography | James Aquila |
Edited by | Cathy Gulkin |
Music by | Patrick Godfrey Gail Bradshaw |
Production company | SkyWorks |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
To Hurt and to Heal is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Laura Sky and released in 1986.[1] The film presents a portrait of neonatal medical care, centred on the stories of three children: a child who was born premature and survived for six weeks before his death; a "miracle baby" who was saved by emergency heart surgery; and a child who was left disabled by an emergency tracheotomy that left him permanently unable to ever breathe on his own without a mechanical respirator.[1]
The film first received a two-part screening at Toronto's CentreStage Forum in November 1986,[2] before being screened as a full feature documentary film at the 1987 Mayworks Festival[3] and the 1987 Festival of Festivals.[4]
The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 9th Genie Awards in 1988.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Carole Corbeil, "To Hurt and to Heal: Baby picture not pretty, but compelling". The Globe and Mail, September 19, 1987.
- ^ "Happenings". The Globe and Mail, November 29, 1986.
- ^ Vit Wagner, "Mayworks festival hopes to unite workers, artists". Toronto Star, May 1, 1987.
- ^ Jay Scott, "Festival galas to be held at Ryerson Theatre, RTH". The Globe and Mail, August 19, 1987.
- ^ Liam Lacey, "Quebec film picks up 14 nominations: Zoo paces race for Genies". The Globe and Mail, February 17, 1988.
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