To Hurt and to Heal

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To Hurt and to Heal
Directed byLaura Sky
Produced byLaura Sky
CinematographyJames Aquila
Edited byCathy Gulkin
Music byPatrick Godfrey
Gail Bradshaw
Production
company
SkyWorks
Release date
  • 1986 (1986)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

To Hurt and to Heal is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Laura Sky and released in 1986.[1] The film presents a portrait of neonatal medical care, centred on the stories of three children: a child who was born premature and survived for six weeks before his death; a "miracle baby" who was saved by emergency heart surgery; and a child who was left disabled by an emergency tracheotomy that left him permanently unable to ever breathe on his own without a mechanical respirator.[1]

The film first received a two-part screening at Toronto's CentreStage Forum in November 1986,[2] before being screened as a full feature documentary film at the 1987 Mayworks Festival[3] and the 1987 Festival of Festivals.[4]

The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 9th Genie Awards in 1988.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Carole Corbeil, "To Hurt and to Heal: Baby picture not pretty, but compelling". The Globe and Mail, September 19, 1987.
  2. ^ "Happenings". The Globe and Mail, November 29, 1986.
  3. ^ Vit Wagner, "Mayworks festival hopes to unite workers, artists". Toronto Star, May 1, 1987.
  4. ^ Jay Scott, "Festival galas to be held at Ryerson Theatre, RTH". The Globe and Mail, August 19, 1987.
  5. ^ Liam Lacey, "Quebec film picks up 14 nominations: Zoo paces race for Genies". The Globe and Mail, February 17, 1988.

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