P.O.V. | Documentaries wia a point of view
Watch the trailer at www.pbs.org/pov/criticalcondition
National PBS Premiere on P.O.V.
Tuesday, September 30 at 9 p.m.
(check your local listings)
Critical Condition paints a disturbing and gripping portrait of what happens when you’re sick and uninsured in America. The unforgettable subjects of this cinema verite documentary discover that being uncovered can cost them their jobs, health, homes, savings, and even their lives. A production of Public Policy Productions in association with Thirteen/WNET New York and American Documentary | P.O.V.
Visit the P.O.V. website to learn more about the uninsured in America; listen to an original podcast series that addresses the 2008 presidential candidates' viewpoints on health care reform, the economics of health care in the U.S. and health care options for the uninsured; watch Critical Condition online for 90 days starting October 1; browse a Google map that directs uninsured Americans to local health care providers; and check out additional resources.
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Major funding for P.O.V. is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, The Educational Foundation of America, The Fledgling Fund, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The September 11th Fund, and public television viewers. Funding for P.O.V.'s Diverse Voices Project is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. P.O.V. is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KCET Los Angeles, WGBH Boston and Thirteen/WNET New York. Simon Kilmurry is executive director of American Documentary | P.O.V.

The Critical Condition Outreach Campaign, co-managed by P.O.V., Public Policy Productions and Outreach Extensions, is made possible by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the California Endowment, the California Health Care Foundation, the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, the Commonwealth Fund, the Fledgling Fund, the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, the Missouri Foundation for Health, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the Park Foundation, the Public Welfare Foundation, the Spunk Fund and the Trull Foundation.

Funding for Critical Condition was provided by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York Community Trust, the Park Foundation, the Public Welfare Foundation, Public Broadcasting Service, the Silverweed Foundation, the Spunk Fund and the Trull Foundation.