{"id":220686,"date":"2023-01-05T15:20:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T20:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?post_type=bu-article&p=220686"},"modified":"2023-01-06T09:55:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T14:55:40","slug":"phx-selects-health-in-focus-film-festival-winners","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2023\/phx-selects-health-in-focus-film-festival-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"PHX Selects Health in Focus Film Festival Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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Population Health Exchange (PHX) has selected the winners of the first annual Health In Focus Film Festival, which screened 3 featured films and selected 21 short films from a large pool of submissions. The 2022 Health In Focus Film Festival winners are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Short Film<\/strong>: The Panola Project<\/em><\/strong> directed by Rachael DeCruz and Jeremy Levine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overview: The Panola Project<\/em><\/a> highlights the heroic efforts of Dorothy Oliver to keep her small town of Panola, Alabama safe from COVID-19. Dorothy runs a makeshift vaccine coordination center from the convenience store she runs out of a mobile home. Today, nearly 99% of adults in her town have received the shot in a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. The Panola Project illuminates how an often-overlooked rural Black community comes together in creative ways to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emerging Filmmaker Award<\/strong>: Time Sick <\/em><\/strong>directed by Emily Pulcastro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overview: In Time Sick<\/em>, Aesha, a doctor during the COVID-19 Pandemic, wants to put in her resignation as work becomes a nightmare. When Aesha’s typewriter mysteriously starts to type she is provided wisdom from her great grandmother Joan who was a nurse during the 1918 Flu Pandemic. With her new knowledge, Aesha must decide whether to resign or continue saving lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audience Favorite Award:<\/strong> A Donation Conversation<\/em><\/strong> directed by Andy Adkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overview: A Donation Conversation<\/a> <\/em>is a documentary that explores many sides of transplant and donation. It offers a glimpse into the lives of the people involved in the process: those waiting for a life-saving transplant, families grieving lost loved ones who became donors, and the professionals making the process work every day. The film highlights the lasting impact donation has on their lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Population Health Exchange (PHX) has selected the winners of the first annual Health In Focus Film Festival, which screened 3 featured films and selected 21 short films from a large pool of submissions. The 2022 Health In Focus Film Festival winners are: Best Short Film: The Panola Project directed by Rachael DeCruz and Jeremy Levine. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7185,"featured_media":215365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[2304,4099],"bu-publication":[3516],"sphnews-article-category":[3519],"sphnews-topic":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"profile_tax":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/220686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220686"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/220686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220811,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/220686\/revisions\/220811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220686"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=220686"},{"taxonomy":"sphnews-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sphnews-article-category?post=220686"},{"taxonomy":"sphnews-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sphnews-topic?post=220686"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=220686"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=220686"},{"taxonomy":"profile_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_tax?post=220686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}