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This Oscar-nominated documentary follows patients with terminal illnesses, their families, and the palliative care professionals making them comfortable. The film weaves together three stories of visionary medical providers who practice on the cutting edge of life and death, helping to change the way we think about both. Featured at the 2018 Sundance and San Francisco Film Festivals. Now Available on Netflix.

This powerful Oscar-nominated American short documentary looks at the hard questions of end-of-life care. It follows Dr. Jessica Zitter, a palliative care specialist who leads a team in the Highland Hospital ICU in Oakland, California. Zitter helps families make end-of-life decisions for their loved ones who are often terminally ill. Now Available on Netflix.

Doping for Gold is a 2008 episode of PBS’s Secrets of the Dead. The show used Sidewinder Films producer Dr. Steven Ungerleider’s book Faust’s Gold: Inside the East German Doping Machine, to look at the East German doping scheme of the 1970s. Originally featured on PBS.

This biographical piece shares details from the life of Elsa Brändström, a Swedish nurse and philanthropist who, in the aftermath of World War I, traveled to Siberia to help care for the German and Austrian POWs. Originally featured on BBC. Watch Now.