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Bryony Gilbey joins the podcast to discuss “Honorable but broken,” the documentary that sums up the precipitous state of EMS
Mantooth’s portrayal of Firefighter-Paramedic Johnny Gage in “Emergency!” has inspired people to pursue a career in fire and emergency services for five decades
The Best Documentary Short Subject nominee follows three women who are fighting the opioid epidemic in Huntington, West Virginia
Producer Bryony Gilbey shares the backstory of the Sarah Jessica Parker-narrated EMS documentary
The film calls attention to the stress and traumatic scenes the emergency responder community faces
Listen to Randy Mantooth and Kevin Tighe, who played Johnny and Roy, on the first episode of the “Into the Unknown” podcast
The AJPlus video covers issues such as funding, dangers paramedics and EMTs face, response times and lengthening travel times to hospitals
Tom Putnam is known for his films “Burn” and “Marwencol”
Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe intend to film half a dozen EMS crews in the U.S.
“Into the Unknown: The Paramedics’ Journey” will tell the story of modern paramedics on the ground
Michigan Medstar Paramedic and CEO Kolby Miller is producing the film “Streets of Covid,” which will feature interviews with providers, EMS leaders and medical directors from around the country
The play, based on interviews with EMS providers and other healthcare personnel, can be streamed online until August 4
The short film takes an intimate look at the experience of EMS providers on the front lines
The film, in which Australian Paramedic Benjamin Gilmour visits four ambulance services from around the world, can now be streamed anywhere for free
The documentary dives into the fast-paced motorsports industry, telling the story of medical and safety professionals who refuse to accept the mortality rate of the industry
“Midnight Family” follows the Ochoa family in Mexico City, who run an ambulance company in a city where only 45 government-run ambulances serve 9 million residents
In an episode titled “Addiction,” PBS’s “Nova” highlights some promising approaches to treating addiction and uses brain scans to show what our brains look like on drugs
In the first minutes of “Red Zone Paramedics,” paramedic Abdul Waheem Martin says EMS providers are seen as “soft targets” for criminals
Filmmaker Paula Eiselt’s documentary “93 Queen” follows a group of Hasidic women forming their own volunteer EMT service
The much-lauded documentary about three women fighting against the opioid crisis in Huntington, West Virginia, has been nominated for another award
Free Voice Media, a nonprofit documentary company, is working on a new project called Frequent Caller
Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader, who was recently featured in the Netflix documentary “Heroin(e),” was recognized for raising awareness about the opioid crisis
“4.1 miles,” an Oscar-nominated documentary short film, shows a single day of rescues of Syrian migrants attempting to cross the sea from Turkey to Greece
HBO documentary film about Boston Marathon bombing earns respect of emergency responders and survivors
Experience the violence and destruction in Syria through the eyes and voices of volunteer first responders who rush in to search for victims in the rubble
“The White Helmets” follows three volunteer rescue workers putting everything on the line to save Syrians