Dispatches from a Field Hospital | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Written by | Matt Gallagher Nick Hector |
Directed by | Matt Gallagher |
Music by | Ohad Benchetrit Justin Small |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Matt Gallagher Cornelia Principe |
Cinematography | Matt Gallagher |
Editor | Robert Swartz |
Running time | 82 minutes |
Production company | Border City Pictures |
Original release | |
Network | TVOntario |
Release | March 16, 2021 |
Dispatches from a Field Hospital is a Canadian documentary television film, directed by Matt Gallagher and released in 2021. [1] The film centres on the launch of a field hospital on the grounds of St. Clair College in Windsor during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, and the extraordinary steps that people would undertake to remain in contact with their loved ones in the facility despite lockdown restrictions. [1]
The film premiered March 16, 2021 on TVOntario. [1] It also later received an outdoor theatrical screening at Windsor's Riverfront Festival Plaza in August, as part of the Windsor International Film Festival's Under the Stars screening series. [2]
The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for the Donald Brittain Award for best social or political documentary at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022. [3]
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