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The Waiting Room

07/25/2019

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0hr 30min

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Documentary

STORY

In 2017 I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I decided to film my time in waiting rooms, surgery and chemotherapy. Shot exclusively on the iPhone X, The Waiting Room is an unflinching portrait of the blood, sweat and tears of cancer treatment. At home I filmed with my teenage son, as we came to terms with how family life was transformed by a year of living with cancer. The Waiting Room challenges the cultural myths that surround this disease, putting under the microscope the language of illness. The Waiting Room documents illness from a patient’s POV, exploring what we can and what we can’t control when our bodies fail us. The Waiting Room 30 minute smartphone short was broadcast on The Guardian website as part of their documentaries strand.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Victoria Mapplebeck
  • Jim Mapplebeck

    Director

  • Victoria Mapplebeck

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Jim Mapplebeck

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