The Detour
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Focuses on the plight of dying patients in hospitals. Shows how modern medicine is keeping an elderly woman alive while she struggles to die in peace with dignity.
Credits
- Directed by
- Shelby Leverington
Complete catalog record
Dramatization from the view point of an elderly terminal patient in a hospital as she reacts to doctors, nurses, the chaplain, an orderly, and the food. She remembers a past lover shortly before her death. Humorous and pathetic at the same time.
Sources
- A-V Online (National Information Center for Educational Media). CD-ROM database of educational and documentary media, compiled and maintained by the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM). — title, year, creator, length, format, description
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — sound
- Wikidata · Q123305910 ↗ — country, credits
- 16mm Filmography editors — creator, color, catalog record
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