The fourth and final sequence of Julie Gustafson and John Reilly's documentary HOME which portrays a young man who gives up his job to care for his terminally-ill mother in her home. He sums up a mejor theme of the video: "she has never turned her back on anybody, so why should I?" Co-produced by the Television Laboratory of WNET and aired on public television in 1979. Tom Shales of THE WASHINGTON POST wrote, "HOME has immediacy and impact possible with no other medium but television, and an inquisitive compassion that turns cold video images warm and real." Originally shot in 3/4" Color and B&W video. See HOME Parts1-3 on Media Burn at https://mediaburn.org/video/home-pt-1-of-2/
Main Credits
a videotape by Julie Gustafson and John Reilly; executive producer, John Reilly; camera and editor, Julie GustafsonAdditional Credits
sound, Nathaniel Merrill; special sound, Jude Quintiere; title design, Anita Karl; production associate, Karen Mooney; assistant editors, Judy Graf Klein and Nathaniel Merrill; Date
1979-01-17Staff and Producer Comments
According to co-producer Julie Gustafson from a Global Village press release: "As in our previous work, GIVING BIRTH, HOME was inspired by personal experiences. My Swedish born mother also gave up her job to care for her parents in their home. She brought the best of the extended family--disappearing so quickly--to their lives and ours." From a 1979 VIDEOGRAPHY article by co-producer John Reilly: "While we tend to blame institutions for most of our ills, it is we who turn over certain roles to them. We pay to relieve us of painful or difficult tasks. Perhaps our affluence has unknowingly corrupted us or stripped us of our humanity, our caring for one another." Distributed by Electronic Arts Intermix: www.eai.org/titles/homeRunning Time
27 min. (See HOME Parts 1-3 for the first 62 mins.)Video Tape Format
Digital file
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