THE AMERICAN NURSE Premiere's in Lancaster for Two Showings Only, 6/8 & 10

Premiering in Lancaster at the Ware Center for two showings only, The American Nurse is a heartwarming documentary film that explores some of the biggest issues facing America-aging, war, poverty, prisons-through the work and lives of nurses. It is an examination of real people that will change how we think about nurses and how we wrestle with the challenges of healing America. The film will be shown Sunday, June 8, at 3:00 p.m., and Tuesday, June 10, at 7:30 p.m. A question and answer session with the filmmaker, Carolyn Jones, will be held, immediately following each showing.

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The film follows five nurses in various practice specialties: Jason Short, as he drives up a rugged creek to reach a homebound cancer patient in Appalachia; Tonia Faust, who runs a prison hospice program where inmates serving life sentences care for their dying, fellow inmates; Naomi Cross, as she coaches an ovarian cancer survivor through the Caesarean delivery of her son; Sister Stephen, a nun who runs a nursing home filled with goats, sheep, llamas and chickens, where the entire nursing staff comes together to sing for a dying resident; and Brian McMillion, an Army veteran and former medic rehabilitating wounded soldiers returning from war.

Born in Lancaster, PA, Carolyn Jones is an award-winning photographer and filmmaker who specializes in telling stories that shed light on issues of global concern. Her first book, Living Proof: Courage in the Face of AIDS, published by Abbeville Press, has accompanied screenings of her film, of the same name as the book, in Tokyo, Berlin, the USA, and at the United Nations World AIDS Conference. She has directed a television series for Oxygen Media, titled Womenshands, as well as the program Women...on Family for PBS. Carolyn is the founder of the nonprofit 100 People Foundation, which creates educational films and curricula for schoolchildren worldwide. She has spent the last two years interviewing nurses from all over the country for the book and documentary film, The American Nurse.

The American Nurse film is co-presented by Millersville University's Department of Nursing.

The Ware Center Film Series is sponsored by Carmen & David's Creamery along with Rodgers & Associates, Ann B. Barshinger, Aussie & the Fox, Fine Living Lancaster Magazine, Hagelgans & Veronis, Dr. Mary Kearns & Dr. Jon Walker, Peggy Neff, and Clipper Magazine.

Discount parking vouchers for the Prince Street Garage, located at the corner of North Prince and West Orange streets, are available at the front desk of the Ware Center, 42 North Prince Street, Lancaster, PA.