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Vital Bonds
201652 min 1 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Niobe Thompson
Production: Rosie Dransfeld (ID: Productions Inc.)David Christensen (National Film Board of Canada)Bonnie Thompson (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Niobe Thompson
Co-produced by ID Productions Inc. and the National Film Board of Canada in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Canada's organ donation rate is the lowest in the industrialized world – and every organ lost is also a life. For the first time ever on-screens, Vital Bonds gives viewers unprecedented access to the powerful real-life human stories of organ donation in Canada. Following a traumatic brain injury, the family of 28-year old athlete Matthew makes the decision to donate his organs. A two-week old baby girl named Harlow receives a donor heart from the far side of the continent. These are just some of the life and death stories covered with unflinching authenticity to show the lasting impact and major importance of organ donation in Canada.
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Subject categories
- Health and Medicine > Accidents, Emergencies and First AidBioethicsCoping with Illness and DyingHospitals and medical clinics
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Aging/Death and Dying
- Science > Biology
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
- Health/Personal Development > Human Growth and Development
Credits
- director
- Niobe Thompson
- executive producer
- Rosie Dransfeld
- David Christensen
- producer
- Rosie Dransfeld
- Bonnie Thompson
- writer
- Niobe Thompson
- narrator
- Niobe Thompson
- director of photography
- aAron Munson
- Sergio Olivares
- editor
- Brenda Terning
- music
- John McMillan
- assistant editor
- Esther Viragh
- additional camera work
- Daron Donahue
- Tamarra Canu
- Blake McWilliams
- production manager
- Sandra Tober
- production coordinator
- Esther Viragh
- Tamarra Canu
- production assistant
- Tamarra Canu
- Dylan Rhys Howard
- Myles Belland
- location sound recording
- Philip Dransfeld
- Carey Opper
- audio post-production
- John Blerot
- sound editor
- Perry Blackman
- Iain Pattison
- Chris Szott
- Jordan Ivey
- colourist
- Joe Owens
- on-line
- Joe Owens
- mastering
- Joe Owens
- closed captioning
- Joe Owens
- described video
- John Blerot
- production accountant
- Richard Warburton
- production bookkeeper
- Hui Min
- production solicitor
- Norman Bishop
- visual research
- Gina Cali
- production stills
- Tamarra Canu
- musician
- John McMillan
- Neda Yamach
- Dianne New
- Alison Stewart
- Jim Cockell
- Anna Kozak
- Jeanette Comeau
- Rafael Hoekman
- Rhonda Henshaw
- Meran Currie-Roberts
- John Taylor
- music engineer
- Paul Johnson
- music mixer
- Paul Johnson
- orchestration
- Andrew Reid
- music intern
- Josh Rapanos
- music consultant
- Darren Fung
- general manager, programming
- Sally Catto
- senior director, documentary
- Sandra Kleinfeld
- production, unscripted content
- Alexandra Lane
- executive director, unscripted content
- Jennifer Dettman
- executive in charge of production
- Sue Dando
- director of finance, unscripted content
- Julie Lawlor