Frontliners: A New Must-See Short Documentary

We’ve all seen the images of healthcare heroes on the frontlines —but do we really know what they are experiencing? Auctus Productions, a student-founded film company in New York City, dedicates their new film to the experiences of the frontline workers battling the pandemic. Today we share the short documentary, Frontliners: The Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Professionals. It will be sure to inspire you! To watch the film visit: https://youtu.be/Wz53BUlETlY

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to this episode of Here's Something Good, a production
of the Seneca Women Podcast Network and I Heart Radio.
Each day we aspire to bring you the good news,
the silver lining, the glass half full, because there is
good happening in the world everywhere, every day, we just
need to look for and share it. Here's something Good

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for Today. We've all seen the images of the incredible
bravery of doctors and nurses on the front lines of
the coronavirus, But do we really know what these heroes
are experiencing. Most of what we've seen has come through
the lens of traditional media. Now, a new mini documentary
from Octus Productions, a student founded film company in New

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York City, offers a remarkable and unprecedented look into the
day to day lives of medical personnel as they battle
the pandemic. This film will fill you with admiration and
about a lesson in hope, resilience, and the power of purpose. Today,
we're going to tell you about the film Frontliners. You
can watch it by clicking on the link in today's

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show notes. In this episode, we'll give you a glimpse
of this powerful documentary and reveal how you two can
see it, share it. And most importantly learned from it now.
Since the pandemic erupted months ago, the world has been
awe struck by the commitment and bravery of frontline workers.
They have kept us all safe at the risk of

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their own lives. In the U s Alone, at least
nine thousand medical workers have contracted the virus and dozens
have died. Yet they've continued to answer calls for help,
flocking to hotspots like New York City from states such
as North Carolina, Georgia, and Minnesota. Most of us encounter
this bravery at a remove. We know what's happening, but
it doesn't affect our day to day lives. But the

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many documentary Frontliners gives us a unique close up view
of the trials, the triumphs, and the lessons of hope
we can all use in our own lives. Frontliners comes
to us from a film company called Octus Productions, founded
in by three New York City students. Through the unfiltered
lens of youth, the filmmakers take us on a gripping

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journey and allow us to see the pandemic from the
perspective of medical personnel. We're fighting it every day. This
ten minute documentary will be sure to change your perspective
and give you hope in humanity. Here's just a glimpse
of it. My daughter said to me, you know that
you're probably going to get this, and I said, well,

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you know, I'll where a ppe and I don't necessarily
think I'm gonna get it. Lots of people and she said, well,
you know of New Yorkers have it, and you're going
to be in I see you. And I said, well
of cases, are you know a mild or moderate? She said, look,
I just want you to know that if you're saying
that you've lived your life and it's good enough and

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you can die and that's that's okay, then need to
know that that's what you're saying. You know, she's she's eighteen,
she's not eleven. So it did resonate with me. I
remember a young man who has since been discharged, and

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his coal light was on and I happened to be
on the unit, and so I went into the room
to say good morning and see what I could do
for him, and he was just so afraid. He was
asking for pain medication. But when I said, I'll leave
and I'll get the pain medication and bring it back
to you. His words for me, a perfect stranger with

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tears in his eyes, or don't leave. So I didn't,
I said, And I stayed with him for about twenty
minutes and heard him talk to me and learned about
his life a little bit, And that was what I
felt I needed to be doing in that moment. To

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find out when he discharged was a really happy day.
When you see people outside who are not at so
much risk, you know, at seven o'clock at night, coming
out cheering is really really appreciated. It's a surreal experience
to go and see, you know, the fire department and

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the police and all the other people who you know
put themselves on the line. It's amazing to see the
support for for really all of them as essential workers. Now.
One of the reasons this film is so resident is
that it comes from a very personal place. The three
young filmmakers were raised in New York City, and their

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love of the city shines through in the images in Frontliners.
The name of the film company, Octus, means growth in Latin,
as Frontliner shows us, with adversity comes the opportunity for
growth for all of us. There's so much we can
learn from this film, from the filmmakers, and from the
doctors and nurses showcased in it online as reminds us

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that we all have been affected by the pandemic, even
if we are not on the front lines ourselves. So
here's something good for today. We can all recognize that
even in crisis, there's opportunity for growth and change. We
can do that by opening ourselves to new perspectives like
the one presented in front Liners, and perhaps gain a
new appreciation not only for the frontline workers and the

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incredible sacrifices they're making every day, but also a new
appreciation and gratitude for what matters most in life. And
we can share this perspective with others. To see the film,
click on the link in this episode show notes, and
please share this something good with people in your own
life so they can truly come to appreciate the front
liners and in doing so, perhaps come to appreciate their

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own lives as well. Thank you for listening, and please
share today's some and good with others in your life.
This is Kim Azzarelli, co author of Fast Forward and
co founder of Seneca Women. To learn more about Seneca Women,

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