{"id":6726,"date":"2013-04-17T10:24:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T15:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/?p=6726"},"modified":"2013-04-17T11:06:49","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T16:06:49","slug":"remote-are-medical-named-2013-npt-human-spirit-award-winner-at-nashville-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2013\/04\/17\/remote-are-medical-named-2013-npt-human-spirit-award-winner-at-nashville-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"`Remote Area Medical` Named 2013 NPT Human Spirit Award Winner at Nashville Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Nashville Film Festival<\/strong><\/a> may not begin until tomorrow, but one award has already been announced. We have chosen \u201cRemote Area Medical<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d directors Jeff Reichert<\/strong> and Farihah Zaman\u2019s<\/strong> document of the annual three day \u201cpop-up\u201d\u00a0 medical clinic organized by the non-profit Remote Area Medical (RAM) at the Bristol, Tennessee NASCAR speedway, as the 2013 recipient of the NPT Human Spirit Award.<\/p>\n

The NPT Human Spirit Award, presented each year by NPT to a Nashville Film Festival (NaFF) documentary selection, acknowledges a filmmaker\u2019s work that best explores and captures the human spirit. The film must illuminate in a high artistic manner the important characteristics of what it means to be human: generosity, kindness, mercy, compassion, fortitude and honor. The award will be presented prior to screening of the film at the Nashville Film Festival, Sunday, April 21, 4:15 p.m. at Regal Green Hills 16 Cinemas.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Remote Area Medical\u2019 hits close to home, capturing and communicating what it means to be human today, in Tennessee.\u201d said the jury in a joint statement. \u201cDoctors and Nurses who once flew to Central and South America to care for people with no access to basic health care now find they don\u2019t even need to leave the U.S. to find those people. They can find them right here in our home state. This is a beautiful, moving and ultimately troubling film that viewers will be thinking about long after it\u2019s over.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NPT Human Spirit Award jury is Kevin Crane<\/strong>, VP of programming and technology; Sheila Fischer<\/strong>, Corporate and Community Development Manager; Justin Harvey<\/strong>, program manager; Brian O\u2019Neill<\/strong>, director of brand management and creative services; Linda Wei<\/strong>, producer.<\/p>\n

“We are tremendously excited to receive an award like this in Tennessee, the state where our film takes place,\u201d said Reichert. \u201cWe wanted REMOTE AREA MEDICAL to honor the resilience, resourcefulness, kindness and spirit of the great folks we met from Mountain City, Bristol, Kingsport, Rogersville and more, and we’d like to dedicate this NPT Human Spirit Award to everyone from the region who graciously invited us into their lives for a little while.”<\/p>\n

The NPT Human Spirit Award comes with Nashville Public Television\u2019s intention to broadcast the film so that others may celebrate the generous role that great filmmaking plays in our lives. Previous winners of the NPT Human Spirit Award are \u201cSalaam Dunk\u201d (Dir. David Fine, 2012); \u201cFambul Talk\u201d (Dir. Sara Terry, 2011) \u201cRaw Faith\u201d (Dir. Peter Wiedensmith, 2010); \u201cCrude\u201d (Dir. Joe Berlinger, 2009); \u201cSons of Lwala\u201d (Dir. Barry Simmons, 2008); and \u201cThe Clinton 12\u201d (Dir. Keith McDaniel, 2007).<\/p>\n

The 44th Nashville Film Festival takes place April 18-25, 2013 at the Regal Green Hills 16 Cinemas.<\/p>\n

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