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Title:

Famous 4A [videorecording] / produced in the Documentary Film and Video M.F.A. Program, Department of Art & Art History, Stanford University ; produced, directed, photographed, and edited by Mike Attie.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Icarus Films,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

1 videodisc of 1 (videodisc) (20 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. viewing copy.

Subject:

Hospices (Terminal care)--Palo Alto.--Palo Alto.
Hospice care.
Terminal care.
Terminally ill--Family relationships.
Death.

Other Authors:

Attie, Mike, editor of moving image work. director, director of photography, editor of moving image work.
Stanford University. Documentary Film and Video Program.
Icarus Films.

Notes:

This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play in all DVD players or drives. Originally produced in 2009.

Summary:

This film portrays the rhythms of hospice life and challenges stereotypes of aging and dying. It captures the bond shared between patients and caregivers and grown children and their ailing parents. The film is a universal look at seeking humor, truth, purpose, uplift and grace in the final moments of life. Features residents of "Famous 4A," the hospice unit at Palo Alto Hospice Care Center in California.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)690108087

Locations:

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)