Near Death (1989)
- Directed by
- Frederick Wiseman
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 5h 49m
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Near Death follows patients, families, and medical staff inside a hospital intensive care unit. It documents their interactions and decisions about life-sustaining treatment.
observationalclinicalcontemplativeunadornedquietly intenseintimateunflinchingslow-paced
What happens
Near Death is a 1989 documentary film directed by Frederick Wiseman. It explores the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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