Coma (2007)

Coma (2007)
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While the subject of brain injury is challenging and sometimes frightening for doctors as well patients and their families, few such maladies are as misunderstood as the coma. Many factors come into play when a patient falls into a coma, and it's often difficult to predict what will happen if and when they regain consciousness. Filmmaker Liz Garbus explores the human side of a difficult medical situation in Coma, a documentary that follows four patients at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center's Center for Head Injuries. Each has suffered a coma following an accident of some sort, and as each struggles to regain the life they knew before, their doctors and loved ones must wrestle with tough choices and unhappy realities. Produced for the premium cable television network HBO, Coma was screened in competition at the 2007 Silverdocs Film Festival, a competition founded by the American Film Institute and The Discovery Channel. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Director(s):
Liz Garbus
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Synopsis of Coma

While the subject of brain injury is challenging and sometimes frightening for doctors as well patients and their families, few such maladies are as misunderstood as the coma. Many factors come into play when a patient falls into a coma, and it's often difficult to predict what will happen if and when they regain consciousness. Filmmaker Liz Garbus explores the human side of a difficult medical situation in Coma, a documentary that follows four patients at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center's Center for Head Injuries. Each has suffered a coma following an accident of some sort, and as each struggles to regain the life they knew before, their doctors and loved ones must wrestle with tough choices and unhappy realities. Produced for the premium cable television network HBO, Coma was screened in competition at the 2007 Silverdocs Film Festival, a competition founded by the American Film Institute and The Discovery Channel. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
102 mins

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Director(s):
Liz Garbus
Producer(s):
Liz GarbusJed RothsteinRory Kennedy
Categories:
Documentary
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Shirley M.

It's an HBO television production, not Oscar material, but definitely worth watching. It's "must" viewing if you have a medical interest, background or familiarity with head injured patients and their families. The story follows the progress, or lack of, in several young men and women who suffered life threatening injuries but survived to various degrees of recovery. The medical coverage is simple enough for the average person to understand. The emotional and sympathetic coverage is near overwhelming. With right to die issues becoming media events in recent years, this film is poignant yet far from judgemental. At the end, I was left wanting an update on the patients and their families. I'm praying for COMA 2.

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