To Hurt and to Heal

Directed by

Laura Sky

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the medical and personal stories of three children in neonatal care. One premature baby dies after six weeks. Another survives heart surgery. A third is left permanently unable to breathe on his own after a tracheotomy.

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What happens

To Hurt and to Heal is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Laura Sky and released in 1986. 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. The film first received a two-part screening at Toronto's CentreStage Forum in November 1986, before being screened as a full feature documentary film at the 1987 Mayworks Festival and the 1987 Festival of Festivals. The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 9th Genie Awards in 1988. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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