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Bloodletting: Life, Death, Health Care (2004)
Genre: Documentary
Tagline: Discover the parallels and paradoxes of two nations and their health care systems through the lives of real people.
Plot Outline: Filmmaker Lorna Green visits Cuba to document their health care system. Upon returning, she discovers the struggles of two uninsured Americans. Through the lives of her own mother and brother, she illustrates the struggles millions of Americans without health care face every day. (view trailer) Plot summary written by Michael Breckenridge.
Produced By:
Nicole Moore
Original Music By:
Michael Breckenridge
Cinematography By:
Lorna Green
Nicole Moore
Film Editing By:
Darianna Cardilli
Chris A. Peterson
Other Crew:
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Victor Aguirre
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assistant translator
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Lisa Hubbard
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fundraising coordinator
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Demian Krentz
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motion graphic artist
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Hazlitt Krog
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post-production software supervisor
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Abel Moreno
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assistant translator
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Maria Ochoa
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translator
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Gregorio Ramirez
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assistant translator
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Tony Rivaro
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assistant editor
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Production Company:
Eatmos Productions
Runtime: USA: 75 min. / USA: 67 min.
Country: USA
Language: English / Spanish
Color: Color
About The Documentary:
What happens when a filmmaker borrows a camera to explore healthcare? It becomes personal. BLOODLETTING is about a filmmaker who travels to Cuba to investigate its healthcare system, only to return home where two family members, uninsured by their employers, develop illnesses. The film reveals the cruel underbelly of America's healthcare system.
Bloodletting is shown at international screenings on a regular basis:
- December 6-16, 2005: The NuevoCine Latinoamericano International Film Festival, Havana, Cuba
- November 4-12, 2005: The 4th International Documentary Festival of Three Continents (IV Festival Internacional del Documental Tres Continentes - En el marco del 2° aniversario de Vive), Caracas, Venezuela
- July 6 & 16, 2005: Latin American Working Class Film & Video Festival, July 6 at Humanist Hall, Oakland, California, July 16 at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA
- April 20-24, 2005: The 2nd Annual Artivist Film Festival, Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA
- December 18, 2004: Molecules Creations Documentary Film Festival, Bal Bhavan, Cubbon Park Premises, Bangalore, India
- November 16, 2004: The 8th Seoul International Labor Film and Video Festival - Seoul, South Korea
- October 24, 2004: The Echo Park Film Center Human Rights Film Festival, Los Angeles, California, USA
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