The Fanlight Collection

The Fanlight Collection has a special focus on healthcare, mental health, professional ethics, aging and gerontology, disabilities, the workplace, and gender and family issues.

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The Fanlight Collection includes the following titles:

Ethics Thru Drama

Using drama to teach medical ethics.

The Fanlight Collection | 2004 | 54 minutes | College/Adult/Professional

Everything's Fine

An engaging portrait of the daily routine of a self-styled 'bush doctor' in Mali.

Icarus Films | 2006 | 78 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

Facing Death

A comprehensive look into the life and work of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, author of the landmark On Death and Dying.

First Hand Films | 2002 | 98 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

Facing Ovarian Cancer: A Woman's Guide

Roughly one in a hundred women will develop ovarian cancer. This film is designed for women who have just been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, for their families and friends, and for the physicians and nurses who work with them.

The Fanlight Collection | 2008 | 120 minutes

Famous 4A

Captures the bond shared between patients and caregivers, grown children and their ailing parents, and challenges stereotypes of aging and dying.

The Fanlight Collection | 2009 | 19 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT

Flying People

The story of master kite flyer Rory Heap, blind from birth.

The Fanlight Collection | 2004 | 24 minutes

Focus

The extra challenges teenagers with learning disabilities face.

The Fanlight Collection | 2003 | 7 minutes

Four Films on Grief and Bereavement

'This four-part series profiles individuals who are struggling to deal with the often unexpected death of a loved one: a child, a parent, a spouse, or a sibling. Their thoughtful, courageous responses focus on dealing with the immediate impact of loss'

The Fanlight Collection | 2008 | 82 minutes

Four Lives

Four people with bipolar disorder, along with their families and psychiatrists, share their struggles to achieve control over the illness and their lives.

The Fanlight Collection | 1987 | 56 minutes | College/Adult/Professional

Front Wards, Back Wards

Profiles the evolution of attitudes toward people with mental disabilities in the United States.

The Fanlight Collection | 2006 | 57 minutes

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