Critical Condition

Running time: 83 mins

What happens when you?re sick and uninsured?

As soaring medical costs put health insurance out of reach for an increasing number of Americans, this crisis will undoubtedly become one of the most hotly debated issues in the 2008 presidential election. Academy Award-nominated director Roger Weisberg, whose acclaimed films, Aging Out and Waging a Living, won accolades at Cinequest, exposes our national disgrace through the incredibly moving tales of a diverse group of individuals as they weave their way through the obstacles of a health care system unsympathetic to their serious, debilitating and sometimes deathly diseases. "Their stories can easily become your story,? and they will move, outrage and inspire you to change this burgeoning crisis for the good of us all.

Sandy Wolf