- House Calls (2006 film)
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House Calls Directed by Ian McLeod Distributed by National Film Board of Canada Release date(s) 2004 Running time 55 minutes Country 
CanadaLanguage English House Calls is 2006 Canadian documentary film about Mark Nowaczynski, a physician and photographer who documents the lives of many of his elderly patients. Written and directed by Ian McLeod, this National Film Board of Canada production received the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program at the 2006 Gemini Awards.[1]
An Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Nowaczynski was inspired by the work of documentary photographer Lewis W. Hine, a teacher who turned to photography as a way to document the plight of child labourers at the turn of the 19th century.[2]
References
- ^ "House Calls". NFB Collections page. 2006. http://www3.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=51478. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
- ^ Brett-MacLean, Pamela (2007-05-27). "The elderly patient: in situ". CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association). http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/176/11/1617. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
External links
Categories:- 2006 films
- Canadian documentary films
- National Film Board of Canada documentaries
- Gemini Award winning programs
- Documentary films about health care
- English-language films
- Documentary films about photographers
- Documentary films about old age
- 2000s documentary films
- Documentary film stubs
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